A wide range of food ingredients are making their way into cosmetic & personal care products. Organic Monitor – a specialist research, consulting & training company that focuses on the global organic and related product industries – finds the trend is driven by consumer demand for health & wellness products, however it brings sustainability implications.
Organic Monitor press release
On one side, consumers are becoming more discerning in their eating habits as they realise the food they eat has a direct impact on their health and appearance. Indeed, the whole area of nutri-cosmetics has emerged to serve consumers looking at nutritional supplements for beauty purposes.
Other consumers are changing their diets - some by eating fresh fruits & vegetables and even superfoods – to get added nutrients or to ‘detox’ their bodies.
On the other side, food ingredients are making their way into cosmetic applications. As will be shown at Sustainable Cosmetics Summit Latin America, this development is partly driven by innovation: product developers and formulators are looking to the kitchen table for inspiration. With many consumers associating food ingredients with health benefits, such cosmetic products are usually marketed on these ingredients. The Body Shop has been a frontrunner in this respect, having imagery of agricultural ingredients on product packs and store shelves for decades. A large number of cosmetic products are now marketed on these ingredients.
Some raw material firms are developing novel actives from food sources. One example is ReGeniStem™ Red Rice, which is derived from Himalayan red rice material. Produced by Lonza, …
