Upcycled Ingredients

Our most-read stories in Europe: October

31-Oct-2023 By Kirsty Doolan

A roundup of the most popular stories on Cosmetics-Design-Europe over the past month.

First-time study reveals sinami seed powder can be successfully formulated into sustainable exfoliant

10-Jul-2023 By Olivia DeSmit

Agro-waste from native South American sinami fruit 'holds great promise as a commercial exfoliant' that demonstrates antioxidant activity, researchers shared.

IFF features upcycled ingredients in GENENCARE lineup

07-Jun-2023 By Cassandra Stern

IFF’s GENENCARE collection takes a previously low-value processing byproduct from sugar beet molasses and transforms it into four effective and sustainable active ingredients for personal care product formulation.

Innovations in sustainability: Robertet’s upcycling program

18-May-2023 By Cassandra Stern

Robertet R&D has established a successful upcycling program to repurpose by-products into usable materials for manufacturers and suppliers of cosmetic and personal care product formulations.

Ingredient Insights: Upcycled cranberry seed oil for product formulation

16-May-2023 By Cassandra Stern

Canadian food products supplier Fruit D’Or utilizes closed loop cultivation and other environmentally sustainable processing practices to upcycle cranberry seed oil co-products for cosmetic and personal beauty care product manufacturing and formulation.

Ingredients innovations: three trends CosmeticsDesign saw at In-Cosmetics Global

10-May-2023 By Cassandra Stern

Trends in ingredient innovation wax and wane with consumer demand. Still, this year’s convention saw upcycling, vegan collagen, and neuroactive ingredients and active fragrances as some of the most compelling shifts in cosmetics and personal care product...

Researchers successfully develop hydrolyzed collagen serum derived from fish skin by-products

16-Feb-2023 By Cassandra Stern

Study confirms serum an effective moisturizer 'proven to be effective, with great potential in becoming a commercial cosmeceutical product, and can be used for anti-aging.'

'Coffee silverskin' and 'spent coffee grounds' show promise in cosmetic applications, states review

24-Jan-2023 By Cassandra Stern

Recently published scientific review examines bioactive compounds found in coffee by-products and their potential benefits as upcycled cosmetic ingredients.

Let’s talk about upcycling

What upcycling, waste reduction looks like with cosmetic products today

08-Nov-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

When the beauty industry talks about upcycling, it's usually referring to reducing waste in the ingredient and formulation process.

Fantastical fungi: Food start-up pushing mushroom mycelium as natural and sustainable ingredient for cosmetics

05-Oct-2022 By Amanda Lim

A Singapore-based food start-up cultivating mushroom mycelium as an alternative protein source believes it can also serve the cosmetics industry as a natural, sustainable, and completely food-safe ingredient.

Beautiful bananas: French Caribbean brand Kadalys extends mission to tackle food waste

27-Apr-2022 By Kacey Culliney

Upcycled banana beauty brand Kadalys is expanding its business deeper into research, development and bioactives production – a move its founder says will create jobs, counter the climate crisis and inspire wider change amongst industry.

Skin to skin: Potential benefits of upcycled mangosteen peel extract, study

27-Apr-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

Plants around the world offer botanical and upcycled ingredient potential, and a research team out of Malaysia found the peel of mangosteen fruits may hold skincare promise.

Citrus fruit waste offers upcycled active skin care promise: Review

16-Mar-2022 By Kacey Culliney

The peel and seeds from industrial processing of citrus fruits can be used in an array of active skin care formulations for their bioactive compounds, though circular industrial frameworks need to be further developed to scale use, say researchers.

Q&A

Mentality major barrier to upcycling: NYSCC chair's thoughts on upcycled cosmetic ingredients

18-Feb-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

Research and brand stories around upcycled ingredients are on the rise, but making the ingredients scalable may be a challenge. CosmeticsDesign spoke with Giorgio Dell’Acqua, current chair of the New York Society of Cosmetic Chemists, about the current...

‘Talking trash’: Upcycled ingredients to soar in 2022 across EMEA

23-Dec-2021 By Kacey Culliney

EMEA beauty suppliers say upcycled ingredients are the next-big trend to watch in 2022, as brands look for ways to plug circular needs and cater to sharper consumer sustainability demands.

SPECIAL EDITION: NATURALS & NATURALLY-DERIVED – SOURCING, CHEMISTRY AND CLAIMS

Ecovia Intelligence founder: ‘It’s no longer just about natural and organic, it’s about the wider green issues’

10-Dec-2021 By Kacey Culliney

The natural and organic cosmetics category will continue its growth in coming years, but broader green sustainability issues will become central for brands operating in the space, says the founder of Ecovia Intelligence.

Lushin’ your line: Six possible applications for wine-waste ingredients - Study

23-Nov-2021 By Ravyn Cullor

Many consumers already drink wine for its potential health benefits, but the waste from its production may be a good source of bioactive cosmetic ingredients.

Kaffe Bueno awarded €2.5m European Innovation Council grant

15-Oct-2021 By Kacey Culliney

Upcycled coffee startup Kaffe Bueno has been awarded a European Innovation Council (EIC) grant that it plans to use to build a coffee biorefinery and scale-up its active ingredient offering.

Upcycled brewing waste may offer novel anti-aging ingredients: Study

07-Oct-2021 By Stephen Daniells

Polyphenolic compounds recovered from waste from the production of craft beers may boost mitochondrial activity and prevent oxidative stress in skin cells, and offer novel anti-aging ingredients for cosmetic formulations.

Finnish startup Innomost sees green promise in upcycled birch bark

08-Sep-2021 By Kacey Culliney

Finnish startup Innomost is scaling up production of its bioactive compounds from upcycled birch bark, offering a more sustainable alternative to palm, fossil and food origin ingredients for beauty and personal care, its founder says.

Beautiful waste? Dutch startup Honestly it’s wants upcycled beauty to move mainstream

16-Aug-2021 By Kacey Culliney

Circular beauty startup Honestly it’s has developed a waterless, upcycled coffee scrub and is working on an orange peel waste variant to launch next year – products it wants to take mainstream and inspire other brands with.

Upcycled Certified seal now available for cosmetics and personal care products

17-Jun-2021 By Deanna Utroske

This week, the Upcycled Food Association began enrollment for the Upcycled Certified program, giving consumer beauty brands the opportunity to highlight the use of waste-stream ingredients.

Earth Day 2021: A circular snapshot and look at beauty’s future

22-Apr-2021 By Kacey Culliney

Sustainable agendas have surged in beauty, with circular business models, carbon capture, green sciences and the reuse movement gaining serious ground. And whilst there remains plenty to be done, the push for consumer engagement has been unprecedented...