{"id":4402,"date":"2017-07-26T15:10:52","date_gmt":"2017-07-26T13:10:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.toulouse-white-biotechnology.com\/insights\/actualites\/actualite\/cosmetics-industry-biotechnology\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T14:27:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T13:27:24","slug":"cosmetics-industry-biotechnology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.toulouse-white-biotechnology.com\/en\/insights\/blog\/cosmetics-industry-biotechnology\/","title":{"rendered":"Cosmetics industry &#038; Biotechnology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>An international symposium* on biotechnology innovation for the cosmetics industry was held in Toulouse (France) on 22 June 2017, in the framework of the European project SUPERBIO** and with the support of TWB.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">More than <strong>100 international people<\/strong>, including 10 actors in the Occitania Region (Clariant, Deinove, EnobraQ, Lallemand, Libragen, Micropep, Pili, Proteus, Seppic, Syntivia) attended 14 presentations.<\/p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">After a morning devoted to the conferences delivered by representatives of the SUPERBIO project and biotechnology researchers from LISBP (Laboratory of Systems and Biological Systems Engineering, INSA-Toulouse), representatives of 8 companies from 4 countries (Spain, France, USA and Switzerland) presented their projects in the cosmetics industry.\r\nThe interest of this day was to bring together large groups as well as SMEs: GIVAUDAN, AMYRIS, EVOLVA, BASM Blue International, SEPPPIC, DEINOVE, FC Development, NEWEAVER.<\/p>\n\n<strong>The main issues and challenges of this industry were unanimously raised, including the search for bio-sourced compounds and molecules produced by environmentally friendly technologies.<\/strong>\n\n<p>Recent advances in biotechnology respond perfectly to these expectations, and examples of industrial achievements have been exposed.<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n \t<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thus, <strong>GIVAUDAN<\/strong> presented its process of fermentation of bio-sourced compounds to produce hyaluronic acid (an active principle widely used for its benefits in particular in maintaining skin hydration).(see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Y01iObv1b_s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video<\/a>)<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Another example presented by the <strong>DEINOVE<\/strong> company with the carotenoids. These compounds, whose global market is estimated at $ 1.4 billion, are used by the cosmetics industry for their antioxidant properties and are mainly produced chemically. DEINOVE now offers a natural alternative, developing carotenoids derived from the fermentation of a bacterium and from bio-sourced compounds. (see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=asnylefIebc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video<\/a>)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>To conclude, one could say that the future of cosmetics will go through biotechnology!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">* \u00ab\u00a0Bioproduction of high value compounds for cosmetic industry: from synthetic biology to biocatalysis\u00a0\u00bb<\/h6>\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">** About SUPERBIO:<\/h6>\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.toulouse-white-biotechnology.com\/app\/uploads\/2017\/07\/superbiotwb-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5857 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toulouse-white-biotechnology.com\/app\/uploads\/2017\/07\/superbiotwb-291x300-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"158\" height=\"163\"><\/a>TWB is one of the partner clusters of the European project H2020 SuperBIO, which is aimed at<strong> creating new value chains in bioeconomy.\r\n<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In this context, TWB offers its expertise and its network of industrial partners to prepare application forms.<\/h6>\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">http:\/\/www.h2020-superbio.eu\/<\/h6>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An international symposium* on biotechnology innovation for the cosmetics industry was held in Toulouse (France) on 22 June 2017, in the framework of the European project SUPERBIO** and with the support of TWB. 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