Your Microbiome Certification & Microbiome Claims and Innovation Partner
The independent microbiome certification and clinical-studies partner for cosmetics, skincare and personal care — from a defensible microbiome-gentle Seal to the in-vivo data behind breakthrough claims.
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In-vitro + ex-vivo + in-vivounder one roof
Microbiome-first is becoming the price of entry
The skin microbiome is now understood as central to skin health, and "kind to the microbiome" has moved from a nice-to-have to something retailers and consumers increasingly expect brands to prove. At the same time, the science has matured: properly formulated products can respect the microbiome, and advanced formulations can go further and modulate it, but each of those is a different claim, requiring a different level of evidence.
That's the gap we exist to close. We turn microbiome science into evidence you can put on a product, and defend.
We match the evidence to the claim
Not every microbiome claim needs the same proof, and using the wrong evidence either wastes budget or won't stand up. It's why we built two complementary tiers, and why we're one of the few partners that offers both.
Tier 1 — Say it's kind to the microbiome, and prove it.
Our in-vitro + ex-vivo certification substantiates non-modulating claims — that your product respects and does not disturb the skin microbiome i.e. that your product is “microbiome friendly”. Controlled and reproducible in 2–3 weeks. These are defensible microbiome claims a cosmetic can make today.
The Certification Tier 2 — Make a breakthrough claim, and back it with human data.
When you want to claim your product actively modulates the microbiome, that's a bigger claim, and it needs in-vivo evidence. Our clinical studies on real, condition-matched volunteers, read with sequencing, generate the data breakthrough claims require.
In-Vivo Studies The KIND TO BIOME Seal
Independent, third-party assurance that a product, or a raw material, is gentle on the microbiome of the area of application. Our unique in-vitro + ex-vivo protocol accounts for a significant and defensible part of the microbiome in any given body area, testing your product across four phases from microbiological purity to real, human-derived community balance.
Final products & raw materials.
Certify finished formulations, or get instant data on a raw material's compatibility with microbiome-focused products.
Every body area.
We maintain over 17 panels reflecting the microbiome of different body areas.
Fast and reproducible.
A benchmark standard in 2–3 weeks.
Trusted by science-backed brands
Advanced clinical microbiome studies
When you're making an innovative or breakthrough claim, sequencing is a commodity, the value is in the recruitment and the interpretation. We run in-vivo studies on real, condition-matched volunteers and turn the data into a defensible answer: what your product did to the skin ecosystem, whether it holds up, and which claims it supports.
A recruitment platform that de-risks the study.
A screened, profiled panel of 1,500+ volunteers, sampled in-lab by professionals, because how a sample is taken can change the result as much as the product.
Interpretation, not a data dump.
Compositional-aware analysis and plain-language readouts, built to substantiate claims. We go ahead and issue a conclusion to your study report.
Strain-level resolution.
Full-length 16S + ITS (bacteria and fungi) on long-read sequencing, resolution that sees what genus-level data misses.
Partners
Companies we work with
Capabilities
Specialized microbiome capabilities
Why us
Why brands choose us
Independent & third-party.
A mark consumers and retailers trust: accountability and transparency, not self-certification.
Evidence matched to the claim.
The full spectrum, from non-modulating certification to in-vivo breakthrough data, and the judgment to know which you need.
Controlled from the sample up.
In-lab professional sampling and reproducible protocols, the biggest guard against the variability that sinks microbiome studies.
End to end.
Certification, clinical studies, quorum quenching, acne, formulation and preservation — one partner, one coherent standard.
"KIND TO BIOME provides us with the assurance we need to know that our products are friendly to the microbiome of their target area. Whether we are formulating for babies, for the intimate area or the body, KIND TO BIOME offers us the solutions that are best tailored to our products and a certification we can rely on."
"KIND TO BIOME provided invaluable insights into understanding the microbiome and assisted us in formulating strategies around effective protocols. We utilized a combination of In Vitro, Ex Vivo, and In Vivo studies to achieve comprehensive results."
Our mission
To make all skincare, cosmetics and personal-care products at least microbiome-gentle — by 2028. Every certification and every study moves the category toward skin health it can prove.
Ready to prove — and go further?
Whether you need a defensible microbiome-gentle Seal or the clinical data behind a breakthrough claim, we'll help you match the evidence to the claim.