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<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\nIngredient companies large and small turned out in droves for this year's awards, with a record 180 entries in four categories: active ingredient, functional ingredient, green ingredient and the Rising Star award. 47 entries were shortlisted, and a panel of industry experts was tasked with selecting the winners, the full list of which is shown below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Active ingredient <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
IFF - Lucas Meyer Cosmetics won the gold medal in the Innovation Zone Award for its Wastar Pink Berry. It is designed as an upcycled botanical extract rich in biflavonoids to soothe irritated scalps. By leveraging the pink berry byproducts left over after the extraction of IFF fragrance compounds, Wastar Pink Berry meets the upcycling trend as it combines sustainable sourcing in Madagascar and high efficacy while limiting its manufacturing impact on the environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Winning the silver award, DSM Nutritional Products Europe was recognized for its vitamin B12 cryst, while Gattefoss\u00e9 won bronze for its \"new DNA guardian\", Solastemis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Functional ingredient<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Lubrizol Life Science won gold for its PemuPur Start polymer. A unique, naturally derived polymer emulsifier offering excellent stabilization capabilities at a low level of use while providing a fresh, fast-breaking feel. At the same time, CFF GmbH & Co KG won the silver award for its natural and environmentally friendly raw material Sensocel, and Ashland won the bronze award for its biocellulose natrathix - a biodegradable rheology modifier of natural origin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Green ingredient<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The Green Ingredient Award, in partnership with Ecovia Intelligence, recognizes ingredients that make a proven significant environmental or social difference in the area of sustainability. Nafigate Corporation won the 2022 title for its Biopolymer Hydal PHA - polyhydroxybutyrate, a recycling ingredient and biopolymer. Based on green chemistry and zero waste manufacturing, this new functional ingredient is biocompatible, non-toxic and fully biodegradable. It forms the basis for new formulations as a polymeric matrix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also recognized in the green ingredients category, Mibelle Biochemistry won the silver award for its MelanoGray hair greying essence, sustainably obtained by upcycling the pulp of unique organic Chios mandarin peels. Lipoid Kosmetik AG won the bronze award for its PhytoCollagen - an all-natural, Cosmos-certified plant-based alternative to animal collagen with similar cosmetic benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rising star<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The final award of the day, which recognizes first and second year exhibitors, saw Tagra Biotechnologies take home the coveted Rising Star Award. As a world-renowned producer of innovative microencapsulated active compounds, UV filters and pigments, the company's technology results in stable, effective and attractive formulations for cosmetic use. Its innovative microencapsulation technology allows customers to easily develop innovative formulations and products. It was recognized by judges for the range it offers, as well as for its innovation, convenience, number of sectors it can fit into and the solution orientation of its product range.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Les Awards 2022 ont \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9voil\u00e9s hier sur le salon in cosmetics \u00e0 Paris. Ces prix c\u00e9l\u00e8brent les innovations les plus r\u00e9centes en mati\u00e8re d’ingr\u00e9dients qui combinent la science pionni\u00e8re et les caract\u00e9ristiques du produit d’une mani\u00e8re qui d\u00e9montre des avantages substantiels pour les fabricants et les utilisateurs finaux. Les entreprises d’ingr\u00e9dients, grandes et petites, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11877,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"external_url":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[60],"class_list":{"0":"post-11875","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ingredients","8":"tag-info-produit"},"acf":{"nom_url":"","lien_url":"","nc":"beki.mcvicker@stormcom.co.uk","nc2":"","nc3":"","nc4":"","nc5":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.industries-cosmetiques.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.industries-cosmetiques.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.industries-cosmetiques.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.industries-cosmetiques.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.industries-cosmetiques.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.industries-cosmetiques.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11875\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.industries-cosmetiques.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.industries-cosmetiques.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.industries-cosmetiques.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.industries-cosmetiques.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}