Bioingredients In Cosmetic Formulations, Their Market Outlook, Regulatory Status And Future Trends: A Review
Bioingredients In Cosmetic Formulations, Their Market Outlook, Regulatory Status And Future Trends: A Review
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https://doi.org/10.51473/rcmos.v1i1.2026.2022Keywords:
Cosmetic, Natural indexes, BioingredientAbstract
Innumerous new materials have been studied regarding their compositions and functionality, exerting their safe aspects into the production and design of new products and materials for the industry. This review paper will investigate the cosmetic market, their trends and regulatory status. This is a review article designed to show the bioingredients application in the cosmetic industry, their market outlook and regulatory status focused on available public information and regulatory databases. The study was carried out in the Department of Chemical Engineering from SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, between June 2025 and January 2026. Many opportunities could be reached when we start studying new raw materials. Joint the opportunities that use the compounds in the chemical composition in the new raw materials to the process to make their achievable tailoring and design the composition and functionality of industrialized products. Natural cosmetic products are identified as products containing natural ingredients of animal, vegetable or mineral derivation, meaning that they derive from raw materials rather than synthetic ones, whereas an organic cosmetic product is identified as containing ingredients that derive from organic agriculture and/or farms. Nanocelluloses and other extractable natural substances are considered bioingredient that can potentially be safely used in many areas, such as cosmetics, special coatings and biomedicine. Thus, cosmetics encompass a vast range of products, this classe of products are defined considering the range of regulated categories for each regulatory agency as FDA, ANVISA and EU. Finally, it is clear observe that many cosmetic categories and ingredient functions are unique regulated in accordance with the local laws established by the agencies. Even with all existent differences throughout each regulatory agencies, new bioingredients derivate from worldwide sustainable sources, as cellulose, has attract a unique attention considering the cosmetic industry.
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