Bio-circular chemistry for cosmetics & personal care
Cosmetics and personal care companies are under growing pressure from consumers and regulators to make their products more circular and environmentally friendly. At the same time, any substitute ingredient must meet stringent requirements and adhere to regulations.
We help cosmetics and personal care teams innovate faster with high-performance bio-circular ingredients and advanced green chemistry services.
Whether you need a drop-in or functional substitute, a full reformulation strategy, or expert guidance on regulatory and environmental claims, our solutions can be applied independently or combined for maximum impact.
Bio-circular ingredients for cosmetics & personal care
Explore the results of deep scientific expertise and genuine care for our planet.
Project Lux
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Discover our LCC platform, a high-performance complex with a light colour and neutral odour, designed for easy integration into a new class of bio-based skincare products.
Made from locally sourced plant material, it's ideal for responsible skin care solutions.
When and why should you consider LCC in your formulation?
UV filters
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If you want your sun protection formula to benefit from bio-circular UV filters instantly, check our green-compliant drop-ins: bio-EHS and bio-homosalate.
Both circular UV filters offer seamless, one-to-one replacement of petroleum-based versions. With identical INCI nomenclature and a significantly reduced carbon footprint, they upgrade sustainability without altering the formulation.
Interested in learning more?
Biominerals
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Responsibly sourced eggshells and scallop shells create a high-value circular feedstock for bio-based calcium carbonate.
Reduce environmental impact through high-purity mineral solutions that maintain formulation quality.
Find out how we included it in a showcase eco-friendly suncream formula.
Natural Vanillin
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Most vanillin on the market (85%) has a petrochemical origin.
Our natural alternative delivers the iconic scent consumers love, with a clean-label story and added functionality for richer and more protective sensorial formats such as lip balms.
Curious about natural vanillin?
Our natural chemistry services
We go beyond routine analysis, starting with a flexible, early-stage study to mitigate risks, and finishing with data interpretation to drive R&D decisions.
Claim substantiation
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We design and develop test methods that substantiate both product functional and sustainability claims.
Using tailored, evidence-based protocols, we provide scientific proof for a product’s mode of action, ensuring that robust data backs every claim.
Our process involves data collection, targeted testing, and structured documentation to confirm the accuracy and reliability of each claim. With our expert knowledge and proactive approach, you will minimise compliance risks early.
Formula stability
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Unintended chemical interactions can quietly undermine product quality, triggering phase separation, solidification, discoloration, off-odours, viscosity shifts, and batch variability.
Our stability analyses reveal the true root causes behind these failures. By applying deep chemical insight and stress testing formulations under oxidation, moisture, light, and other real-world conditions, we pinpoint the mechanisms driving destabilisation and deliver targeted, commercially meaningful fixes that protect product performance and brand reputation.
Advanced benchmarking
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Market opportunities and true differentiation are not only about which ingredients are used in a formulation, but also about how they interact, perform, and reinforce each other within the final product. These underlying interactions can be uncovered with what we call deep mechanism-based analysis.
Let our chemistry experts provide strategic insights into formulation synergies, performance optimisation, and competitive positioning, helping you identify what can be improved, replaced, or outperformed to define a clear and defensible USP.
Avoid unnecessary & costly tests
Identify risks early
Speed up time-to-market
→ Launch your new products with confidence
→ Establish clear product differentiation through deep mechanism-based analysis
→ Reduce your development time and costs
→ Compliant solutions for tough challenges
→ Market your products with scientifically sound and legally robust claims
→ Strengthen your supply resilience with locally sourced biomass and decentralised processing
De-risk innovation ● Validate performance ● Accelerate time-to-market
Project Lux - One upcycled natural platform
One of the primary formulation challenges associated with traditional lignin is its natural colour intensity and odour profile, which can compromise product aesthetics and consumer acceptance.
Through a patented green chemistry process, we have created a next-generation lignin–carbohydrate complex (Plinius LCC) that delivers high functional performance with a naturally light colour and a clean, neutral sensory profile. These qualities set Plinius LCC apart from conventional lignins, enabling effortless integration into premium, regulation-aligned formulations.
Because Plinius LCC is fully tunable, it evolves from a single ingredient into a multifunctional platform, adapting its structure to deliver sensorial, protective, and performance benefits across SPF, skincare, and hybrid formulations.
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1. Reduce white-cast without compromising SPF performance
Delivers visible whitecast reduction by enabling lower mineral UV filter concentrations, paired with SPFboosting power that supports reducing both mineral and organic UV filter content.
2. Soft-focus texture & spreadability
Plinius LCC delivers a smooth, softfocus texture with effortless spreadability, ensuring uniform mineral dispersion in sunscreen formulations. It also forms a flexible, invisible film that supports even coverage while maintaining a breathable, nonocclusive finish.
3. High antioxidant activity
Plinius LCC’s preserved native structure delivers strong free-radical scavenging properties, supporting anti-ageing and formula-protecting claims.
4. Natural pigment & skin-tone adaptation
Where iron oxides rely on synthetic colour to mask white cast, Plinius LCC achieves it naturally. Our tunable process creates warmtone shades from light amber to deep brown - delivering biobased skintone adaptation with no synthetic colourants.
5. Stabilizer
Plinius LCC strengthens formulation robustness and enhances sensory performance, while helping reduce overall ingredient complexity.
6. Clean-label compatible
Plant-based, biodegradable, and aligned with evolving regulatory and ESG expectations in the EU and NA markets.
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Thanks to its multifunctionality, Plinius LCC integrates seamlessly into a wide range of cosmetic applications.
Whether you are developing:
Mineral sunscreens
Daily SPF moisturisers
Antioxidant serums
Barrier-protection formulations
Haircare treatments
Sustainable premium skincare lines
The Plinius LCC platform delivers a natural performance boost that elevates protection, stability, and sensory quality. The result is visible differentiation paired with refined and elegant aesthetics.
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We understand that introducing a new ingredient requires more than performance claims. It requires:
Reliable technical documentation
Clear INCI pathway
Regulatory support
Consistent quality specifications
Supply scalability
We work collaboratively with cosmetic brands, formulators, and distributors to adapt specifications, optimise application performance, and support regulatory readiness.
Want to learn more?
Biominerals showcase – GreenShield
Problem
Conventional sunscreens commonly rely on inorganic UV filters such as zinc oxide and titanium dioxide. While effective, these materials present growing environmental and sustainability considerations, particularly regarding marine ecosystems and mineral sourcing.
Solution
Bio-based calcium carbonate derived from upcycled eggshells offers a circular, high-purity mineral alternative, enabling the development of eco-conscious formulations that reduce dependence on fossil-derived inputs while maintaining high performance standards.
Our impact
In collaboration with EGGXPERT (Netherlands), we developed and validated a bio-based calcium carbonate formulation within the Interreg CrossRoads programme, showcasing the potential of biomineral innovation in next-generation sun care.
Interested in exploring bio-circular ingredients for your sun care products?
The future of cosmetics is bio-circular
Regulatory resilience, supply security, brand credibility, and consumer trust - these are just some of the reasons why tomorrow’s cosmetics market leaders are building on natural chemistry today.
With bio-based solutions reaching scalability and cost parity against unsustainable and volatile petroleum-based counterparts, it's the ideal time to join in.
With 40 years of green chemistry expertise, we deliver bio-circular ingredients and strategic formulation support to expedite the growth of these future industry frontrunners.
Ready to secure your advantage? Write us a message.
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