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Beauty biotechnology future is strong with new category opportunities ahead says Arcaea CEO



Plant-based and vegan beauty had been building for some time now, as a wider shift away from animal-origin ingredients continued worldwide. And for beauty, this had taken off in two directions: companies working with natural plant-based ingredients and others opting for lab-based via biotechnology – the exploitation of biological processes to create ingredients.

The biotech beauty boom on the horizon?

Biotech had certainly gained traction across beauty in recent years, with companies citing sustainability, safety, quality and efficacy as key reasons to transition to lab-based.

In fragrances, a number of industry experts nodded to a future where biotech would take centre stage​ in the creation and development of innovative scents. And researchers believed it would be white biotechnology – a branch of biotechnology devoted to use of living microorganisms and enzymes to synthesise products that were easily degradable, required less energy and created less waste – set to take the lead in perfumery.

Last year, Dr Fred Zülli, founder of Swiss cosmetics supplier Mibelle Biochemistry, said biotech innovation was certainly the direction the entire beauty industry had to head in​, given biomimicry offered so many opportunities as technologies and capabilities continued to advance.

Mathias Fleury, head of actives at fellow Swiss cosmetics supplier Givaudan Active Beauty, agreed and said beauty was entering an exciting era of biotech​ because the next three to five years remained a “complete open environment”.

From chemistry-first to biology-first beauty

Jasmina Aganovic, CEO of US-based biology startup Arcaea, agreed entirely in a biotech future for beauty.

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