TAGS: Skin Care Sustainability / Natural Cosmetics
Evonik is teaming up with the Chinese company Jland Biotech. They will market vegan collagen for cosmetics and personal care. To get the most from a long-term partnership, Evonik has invested in Jland Biotech through its Venture Capital group.
Leverage Expertise & Collaborate on Precision Biosolutions
The partnership will enable Evonik to provide commercial quantities of collagen for skin care applications. These include anti-aging and hydrating creams. The new collagen products were made with Jland. They will launch later this year. They will expand Evonik's vegan collagen product line. Evonik recently launched
Vecollage™ Fortify L. It's vegan collagen for beauty and personal care.
“Evonik’s life sciences division is using its biotechnology platform to leverage the expertise of its partners and collaborate on precision biosolutions. We welcome Jland to our partner network,” said Johann-Caspar Gammelin, president of the Nutrition & Care division.
“Together with our expertise in active ingredients and delivery systems, we are creating a world-leading portfolio of non-animal derived collagen.”
“We value Jland’s outstanding approach to innovation and look forward to helping our customers develop the science-based, sophisticated beauty solutions that consumers worldwide are looking for,” said Yann d'Hervé, head of Evonik's Care Solutions business line.
Collagen can be used as a bioactive in cosmetic and personal care applications to improve skin elasticity and hydration. Global trends toward sustainability are driving demand for dermatological solutions. They contain high concentrations of active ingredients. Vegan collagen is of interest to formulators. They make cosmeceuticals - cosmetics and bioactives. These are effective in the deep skin layers and serve the growing number of consumers who follow advanced skin care regimens.
Jland Biotech is a company dedicated to the development and manufacturing of non-animal-derived collagen. It was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Jingjiang, China. Jland's core technology focuses on a production process that seamlessly integrates efficiency and scalability. It develops collagen with multiple cosmetic, medical and food applications. The cosmetic line of collagen is fully registered with the Vegan Society.
Collagen is a protein found in human and animal structural tissues such as bone, cartilage, skin and nails. Currently, most collagen comes from animal tissue. But, demand for non-animal collagen is growing. Produced from bacteria or yeast through a controlled fermentation-based process. Non-animal collagen is easier to formulate and better absorbed by the skin than animal-derived collagen. Fermentation-based collagen also has low immunogenicity and batch-to-batch variability and is highly reproducible.
Evonik is one of the specialists in concepts for
skin care,
sun care,
color cosmetics,
hair care,
skin cleansing, active ingredients, alternative preservation and product stabilization. Evonik’s Nutrition & Care division is home to the company’s biotechnology excellence center and uses fermentation technologies across various high-growth markets.
Source: Evonik
