We know the rose used in perfumery, less the rose stem in cosmetics. As the Rose Festival is starting in Grasse, the start-up Nissactive announces that it has designed a cosmetic active ingredient entirely made from rose stems. A first with scientifically proven anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant and anti-aging benefits, for which a patent has just been filed. The result of a close collaboration with the Université Côte d'Azur (UCA), the company is making the most of a product that is usually destroyed.
Scientifically proven benefits
Not content with recruiting teams from the University's Foqual Master's program (Formulation, Analysis, Quality) and the Nice Institute of Chemistry (UMR CNRS), the start-up - headed by Xavier Fernandez, UCA's Vice President for Innovation and Research Development - makes a point of objectifying its results and publishing them in scientific journals.
A new field for the circular economy
Until now, rose stems were burned, thus generating CO2 in the atmosphere, or composted in the best case. They are now sources of value and will be used in anti-aging products, repairing fragile skin, lightening spots and protecting the skin from pollution. This is the principle of "upcycling". By finding value in discarded plants, Nissactive opens a new field for local producers.
Côte d'Azur start-up created in October 2017, Nissactive develops innovative all-natural cosmetic ingredients designed from raw materials of Mediterranean origin. Another way of conceiving cosmetics that contributes to the safeguarding of local biodiversity. True to its values, the entire design process minimizes its environmental impact. The result of the merger between UCA and the Verger-Dubois group, the multi-awarded start-up already has two other active ingredients: a powerful skin repairer, developed from the leaves of the Brignoles plum tree, and an anti-aging, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory ingredient from the truffle oak of Provence. A know-how exported all over the world.
