ALBUMEN
Albumen, commonly called egg white, is the natural material found in the white part of an egg. It is a mixture rich in water and proteins rather than one single molecule. On an ingredient list, the name therefore refers to an egg-derived raw material, not to one isolated active with a defined effect of its own.
ALBUMEN: what it is
Albumen, commonly called egg white, is the natural material found in the white part of an egg. It is a mixture rich in water and proteins rather than one single molecule. On an ingredient list, the name therefore refers to an egg-derived raw material, not to one isolated active with a defined effect of its own.
Egg white contains several proteins. Ovalbumin is one of them and the most abundant, but Albumen is not the same as purified ovalbumin. This distinction matters when comparing labels: the ingredient denotes egg-white material as a whole, whose composition differs from that of a separated, standardised protein.
ALBUMEN: what it does in cosmetics
In cosmetics, Albumen may be used for film forming and for skin or hair conditioning. Film forming means leaving a thin layer on the surface after application; in ordinary use, that can contribute to the product's finish and to how it sits on skin or hair, without making the ingredient a treatment.
Egg-white proteins can form films in materials research, which helps explain this use in a formula. Those experiments produced films for food applications, not products applied to skin or hair, so they do not demonstrate wrinkle reduction, acne improvement, stronger hair, or any other clinical result from Albumen in cosmetics.
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