Beauty drink prototype, 'the crown jewel' for Frutarom at food trade show Beauty drink prototype, 'the crown jewel' for Frutarom at food trade show 10-Jun-2009 By Shane Starling and Katie Bird A beauty drink prototype made with Frutarom’s new ingredient Collactive is the prize offering from the company at this year’s IFT trade show.
Japanese nutricosmetics ingredient goes mainstream Japanese nutricosmetics ingredient goes mainstream 03-Jun-2009 By Guy Montague-Jones Found in beauty soup and marshmallows in Japan, the powerful antioxidant ingredient CoQ10 is entering new markets.
Start-up explores new selling strategy for beauty supplements Start-up explores new selling strategy for beauty supplements 13-May-2009 By Guy Montague-Jones Functionalab, a nutricosmetics start-up company, has developed a new strategy for marketing beauty supplements that puts the accent on education and consultation.
Failure of Danone beauty yogurt is a learning opportunity Failure of Danone beauty yogurt is a learning opportunity 09-Feb-2009 By Guy Montague-Jones Danone pulled beauty yogurt Essensis from French shelves last week and left behind a lesson in how not to market edible cosmetics.
LibraGen launches range of stable polyphenols for cosmetics LibraGen launches range of stable polyphenols for cosmetics 15-Jan-2009 By Katie Bird France-based LibraGen is looking for partners to help develop its range of stable polyphenol compounds for cosmetics products.
LycoRed goes under the skin of UV protection complex LycoRed goes under the skin of UV protection complex 04-Dec-2008 By Katie Bird LycoRed has, for the first time, looked at the effect of its tomato lycopene complex on the histological characteristics of the skin.
Mibelle harnesses chocolate's feel good factor for the skin Mibelle harnesses chocolate's feel good factor for the skin 18-Nov-2008 By Katie Bird A nanoemulsions of the cocoa bean extract is the latest ingredient to join Mibelle’s skin care portfolio.