The adage goes that if an ingredient is to gain favour with food
and supplement makers as well as the public it should first get its
scientific house in order.
Ireland-based food ingredients player Glanbia Nutritionals has
chosen Suppliers' Day East as a platform to highlight its foray
into the global personal care ingredients market.
They've already created a big buzz in the food world over their
rich anti-oxidant properties, now a US esthetician is launching a
skin care treatment featuring Açai berries.
With beauty foods tipped as one of the biggest growth markets for
the coming year, new product launches featuring super food
ingredients like the new skin care line from Nextera are expected
to become increasingly popular.
UK-based life science company S Black is eyeing further expansion
in the personal care and food sectors having become a part of the
larger Azelis Group, a leading distributor of chemicals and
polymers in the European market.
It seems that mineral water just isn't healthy enough, as a growing
number of manufacturers move to tap growing demand for H2O
products that boast enhanced nutritional benefits.
New Jersey-based Zymes says it has turned to nanotechnology to help
develop a water-soluble omega-3 fatty acid designed for
nutraceutical, cosmeceutical and cosmetic applications.
Beauty foods are hotting up as an area of interest for
multinationals, if rumours about a Coca Cola-L'Oréal collaboration
for a tea-based skin care drink prove founded.
Marinova's new fucoidan facility in Hobart, Tasmania, is on
schedule to commence operations from next month, offering fucoidans
from a broader range of microalgae species for cosmetic and
nutraceutical use.
A Canadian and an African company are set to tap the emerging
market for baobab ingredients for use in cosmetic and functional
food applications. The two firms recently teamed up to market the
ingredient in North America.
The Grape Seed Extract Company is the latest New Zealand company to
tap the nutraceutical potential of a waste product of a traditional
industry, with an antioxidant extracted from grape seeds left over
by wine-makers using a non-chemical...
Cosmeceutical manufacturers can now tap into a newly available
technology that allows a powdered version of aloe vera to be
developed through an oil-to-powder conversion process.
In the US Suncoast Naturals says that its subsidiary, OptiLiving,
has agreed to sell its Caribbean Pacific line of natural suncare
and skincare products to Mosaic Nutriceuticals Corporation in a
cash, debt and stock transaction valued...
DSM Nutritional Products has just opened up the world's largets
vitamin E production facility in response to growing demand from a
number of different business areas, including the cosmetics
industry, reports Dominique Patton.
Manufacturer of fluid extracts for the cosmeceutical, dietary
supplement and functional food industries US Nutra has announced
two new oil based proprietary ingredients manufactured from pure
cranberry seeds, for use in a variety...
Juvena of Switzerland has introduced a new line of products to help
nourish the skin of maturing women. The new personal care range has
been formulated with the protein extracts of real pearls.
Eyes, hair and skin could all benefit from a regular diet of
spinach, finds a cluster of scientists linked together through a
network of food companies. But could the green vegetable be the
latest ingredient for cosmetic products?
US vitamin maker Pharmavite has introduced its first cosmeceutical
line in partnership with Procter & Gamble's Olay brand to mass
retailers throughout the US.
Procter & Gamble and Pharmavite yesterday announced that
P&G has licensed use of the Olay trademark to Pharmavite to
manufacture and market Olay Vitamins, a vitamin line designed to
address women's health and beauty needs.
Consumer products giant Procter & Gamble has licensed use of
the Olay trademark to US pharmaceutical company Pharmavite to
manufacture and market Olay Vitamins, a vitamin line designed
exclusively for women.
