Webinar on The Five Innovation Paths in the Cosmetic Industry for 2024

2024-01-20T13:52:33+01:00Friday 19 January 2024|Health - Cosmetics - Agribusiness, Innovation|

Webinar on the Five Innovations Paths for 2024 for the Cosmetic Industry On January 18th, 2024, Erdyn & COSMETIC 360 organized a 30-minute webinar on the Five Innovation Paths in the Cosmetic Industry for 2024. The topic of the 10th edition of COSMETIC 360 was exclusively announced during the webinar. For those who may ...

Sustainability as an innovation strategy in cosmetics

2024-01-20T14:27:10+01:00Thursday 11 January 2024|Environment, Health - Cosmetics - Agribusiness, Packaging, Research|

STRATEGY #1: SUSTAINABILITY In this uncertain environmental context accompanied by individuals' growing ecological awareness, cosmetics companies are moving forward greener processes and sustainable cosmetics to reduce environmental pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. More and more consumers, particularly Millennials and Gen Z, are becoming aware of the negative impact of products on the environment, giving ...

Natural ingredients as an innovation strategy in cosmetics

2024-01-09T17:38:48+01:00Tuesday 9 January 2024|Health - Cosmetics - Agribusiness, Innovation, Sustainability|

STRATEGY #2: NATURAL INGREDIENTS The market is increasingly leaning towards products featuring natural and organic components, steering clear of ingredients that are contentious or could pose health risks. Simultaneously, there's an escalating movement towards "clean beauty," spotlighting ingredients that are non-toxic and safe. Despite the burgeoning interest in clean beauty products, the industry confronts ...

Machine Learning in Healthcare

2024-03-27T16:51:05+01:00Thursday 26 October 2023|Health - Cosmetics - Agribusiness, Innovation, Research|

Overview Machine Learning, an ever-expanding frontier of research, holds tremendous potential for the future. Its versatile applications span across all facets of human activity, ushering in a new era of enhanced quality in healthcare. Machine Learning is poised to be the linchpin of future medicine, offering a plethora of advancements such as assisted surgeries, ...

Alternative proteins, part 4: Cell-based meat

2021-06-18T16:43:42+02:00Friday 18 June 2021|Health - Cosmetics - Agribusiness, Innovation, Research|

The next generation in bio-manufactured alternative proteins after fermentation is cultured meat and dairy products including milk. Cultured meat comes from stem cells collected from a living animal using minimally invasive methods. Then, the cells are grown in bioreactors with nutrients coming from a cell culture media and a scaffolding structure. These immature cells ...

Alternative proteins, part 3: Biomanufacturing, Fermentation

2021-06-18T16:36:48+02:00Friday 18 June 2021|Health - Cosmetics - Agribusiness, Innovation, Research|

What could be the role of fermentation in the alternative protein field? This article highlights some advantages of biomanufactured proteins over plant-based proteins and some remaining challenges to address. Advantages Fermentation based processes present several advantages over animal and plant-based proteins: Space and mass efficiency. Fermentation allows to produce much more protein per surface area ...

Alternative proteins, part 2: plant-based proteins

2021-06-18T16:32:54+02:00Friday 18 June 2021|Health - Cosmetics - Agribusiness, Innovation, Research|

To achieve meat-like products, plant-based alternatives rely on three manufacturing steps: crop development, ingredient optimization to get rid of the unwanted parts of the plant, and end product formulation and manufacturing to create the texture. A need for developing and optimizing crops for protein content, quality, and function, and cost-efficiency.  Both historical crops used ...

Alternative proteins, part 1: drivers

2021-06-18T16:24:45+02:00Friday 18 June 2021|Health - Cosmetics - Agribusiness, Innovation, Research|

The emerging protein gap The emerging protein gap can be understood in several ways. First, the projected shortfall in global protein availability to meet the needs of a rising population. According to the UN, the world population is expected to grow from 7.7 billion in 2019 to 9.7 billion in 2050 and could peak ...

Alternative proteins part 2: market quantification

2020-08-11T14:59:40+02:00Tuesday 11 August 2020|Health - Cosmetics - Agribusiness|

In the past few years, Erdyn has realized over 15 assignments in the field of alternative protein sources for start-ups (Ynsect and Hari&Co for example), SMEs or large international companies (confidential names). To follow up on our previous news “Alternative proteins part 1: market trends”, we dedicated this article to the quantification of alternative ...