- Cosmetics sector
Solutions for the cosmetics sector
We drive innovation in product development, as well as in the validation of cosmetic products and ingredients through applied science, safety, and demonstrable efficacy, from concept to market implementation.
Sector challenges
- Product, process and packaging sustainability Integrate into companies’ proposals.
- Develop functional ingredients and stable formulations.
- Accelerate time-to-market without compromising quality.
- Demonstrate product safety and efficacy.
- Understand the consumer and their real experience.
- Digitalisation of the sector.
Our value proposition
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We integrate R&D&I, preclinical testing, and consumer evaluation to reduce risk and accelerate decision-making
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We offer an end-to-end approach in product development, development and validation of functionality through techniques such as in vitro screening and omics up to usability studies and applied neuromarketing
- Regulatory consultancy in formulation and labelling
- Advanced analytical capabilities and reference laboratories
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Digital platforms to leverage quality and efficacy data
Solutions and services
We offer solutions that integrate sustainability, digitalisation, new raw materials and products, and regulatory compliance, supported by more than 300 professionals and 21 pilot plants dedicated to innovative technologies that enable processes to be scaled up to pre-industrial levels.
R&D&I and technology
Development and optimisation of formulations
Stability, compatibility, stress tests
Functional ingredients
Extraction and purification (e.g. supercritical CO₂), microencapsulation and spray drying
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Proof of concept and pilot scale-up
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Labelling, claims, and regulatory surveillance
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Product safety, toxicological assessment, and audit support
In vitro preclinical studies
Efficacy, irritation, photoprotection, antioxidant activity
Physicochemical and microbiology
Preservation, challenge test, shelf life
Compatibility and migration for packaging in contact with cosmetics
Digital platforms
- Sensory analysis and neuromarketing applied to cosmetics
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Usage, preference, and pack experience studies in controlled environments
Consumer and market
- Sensory analysis and neuromarketing applied to cosmetics
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Usage, preference, and pack experience studies in controlled environments
Events
Success stories
- 2022
KEY BIOLOGICAL
AINIA also collaborates with startups. This is the case of the company Key Biological, which has developed an ingredient called PeroxiBiokey®, consisting of a mixture of oils subjected to an ozonisation process, resulting in a product with interesting properties for use in cosmetics or healthcare products. However, the ozonisation process gives the oil a characteristic odour that the company wanted to mask. AINIA developed a tailored microencapsulation process for the company, making it possible to obtain a product that retains the beneficial properties of the original oil, in a non-agglomerated powder format and with no odour.
Capabilities and infrastructure
- Preclinical, microbiology, and physicochemical laboratories
- Pilot plants (encapsulation, supercritical CO₂ extraction)
- Consumer testing rooms
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Neuromarketing platforms
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