In a celebration of the most cutting-edge personal care ingredients that have been launched in the past six months, In-Cosmetics Global last night unveiled the winners of its Innovation Zone Best Ingredient Awards 2018. Companies of all sizes won gold, silver and bronze awards in five categories – Best Active Ingredient, Best Functional Ingredient, Green Ingredient, Make Up Bar Award and the Sensory Award. Here's the winners: 
 

 

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 Chemiasl — 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: IFF Lucas Meyer Cosmetics – SOS: Solutions Offering Sensoriality

Bronze: Givaudan – The Sensory Fusion

 

Make Up Bar Award

Gold: Cosmetic Bioglitter Pure – Ronald Britton

Silver: Nagase Personal Care – Long Lasting Matte Concealer

Bronze: Inspired by Naturality – Miyoshi Europe

 

“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," said Dr Hans Henning Wenk, Head of R&D Biobased Materials at Evonik. "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!”

 

Gold Best Active Ingredient category winner Dr Fred Zulli, Head of Business Unit Biochemistry at Mibelle Biochemistry, said: “We are so happy and surprised to have won this award. It is so difficult to succeed in this competition when there are so many great ingredients around.”

 

Belinda Carli, In-Cosmetics Global’s Technical Adviser and awards judge, commented: “This year’s entries were truly remarkable and the level of innovation in personal care ingredients continues to astound me every year. 

 

“In-Cosmetics Global is a hotbed for creativity and many suppliers choose to launch their latest products at the event, which makes selecting the best of the best so much harder. The Innovation Zone Best Ingredient Awards reward excellence and I am excited to see some of the incredible formulations that will be created by manufacturers using these products over the coming months.”

 
 

More info: www.in-cosmetics.com