Ingredients businesses large and small were among those in the running for accolades for their products this year.
The in-cosmetics Global awards offer Gold, Silver and Bronze places across five categories – Best Active Ingredient, Best Functional Ingredient, Green Ingredient, Make Up Bar Award and the Sensory Award.
This is a separate event to Cosmetics Design’s industry-leading Beauty Industry Awards, the winners of which were also announced last week and can be discovered here.
in-cosmetics Global winners
This year’s winners are as follows:
Best Active Ingredient
Gold: Mibelle Biochemistry – MossCellTec™ No. 1
Silver: RAHN AG – SEBOCLEAR-MP
Bronze: SILAB – ECOBIOTYS®
Best Functional Ingredient
Gold: Evonik Nutrition & Care GmbH – RHEANCE Glycolipids
Silver: NIKKOL GROUP NIKKO CHEMICALS – AUROVISCO™ CS
Bronze: Vantage Specialty Ingredients, Inc. – Desert Milk™
Green Ingredient
Gold: Lessonia – Fucoreverse
Silver: IFF Lucas Meyer Cosmetics – Bio ForeXtra, Borealine® Expert
Bronze: DKSH – Marine Bamboo TG
Sensory Bar Award
Gold: Elementis – RHEOLUXE Rheology – Come Play With Us
Silver: Givaudan – The Sensory Fusion
Bronze: IFF Lucas Meyer Cosmetics – SOS: Solutions Offering Sensoriality
Make Up Bar Award
Gold: Cosmetic Bioglitter Pure – Ronald Britton
Silver: NAGASE Personal Care - Long Lasting Matte Concealer
Bronze: Inspired by Naturality – MIYOSHI EUROPE
A ‘breakthrough’
Winners of the awards voiced their pleasure in the achievement.
Dr Hans Henning Wenk, Head of R&D Biobased Materials at Evonik, said: “We are absolutely amazed to win. We have put so much energy into the development of this ingredient for six years – I think it is a breakthrough.
“We are launching this new technology for the first time and so to get this recognition is fantastic – there will be more to come from Evonik!”