Functional beauty regimes driving growth of cosmeceuticals
A boom in sales of functional personal care products in northern Europe is set to benefit supplements targeting skin health, shows a new report.
A boom in sales of functional personal care products in northern Europe is set to benefit supplements targeting skin health, shows a new report.
The ingredients division of Danish cultures and colours firm Chr. Hansen pulled in a DKK 369 million (€49m) profit for the year on sales of DKK 3.4 billion (€460m), a slight dip on the previous year on rising costs.
Italian plant extracts firm Indena has added a new standardised olive fruit extract to its range, introducing the product at Health Ingredients Europe in Amsterdam this week.
Chr Hansen's full year results reveal that the continued growth of the China market is helping the ingredients company to fight off the problem of increasing costs.
Italian firm Chemi is moving production of the nutraceutical ingredient phosphatidylserine to its pharmaceutical actives plant in Brazil, allowing it to increase capacity and become more competitive on price.