Beauty From Within

News in brief

Bionov takes home NuW award

20-Nov-2012 - Bionov picked up the NuW Excellence 'Beauty Innovation of the year' award for its Cellulight ingredient at the Health Ingredients Europe event in Frankfurt last week.

Sanofi-Coke beauty drink JV offers no ‘phood’ signal: Analyst

19-Oct-2012 - Sanofi’s new beauty drink joint venture with Coca-Cola is unlikely to precipitate a more serious leap into functional or medical foods for the French pharma titan, an analyst has said.

BFW pill claims to help Botox effect last longer

10-Sep-2012 - US based manufacturer Eden Aesthetics, says it has developed a nutritional pill that’s zinc component enhances the effects of Botox injections by up to 25 percent.

Research suggests joint pain supplement could make you beautiful

30-Aug-2012 - New light is being shed on a compilation of research suggesting that a supplement traditionally used for joint pain and inflammation could aid in reducing the visible signs of ageing if taken orally in daily doses.

Beauty from within claims for telomerase put to the test by lawsuit

23-Aug-2012 - A US company making a beauty from within supplement containing a telomerase active ingredient is being put to the test over its marketing claims by a former employee who has taken out a global class action lawsuit.

‘Girly men’ could opt for alcoholic beauty beverages – Mintel

30-Jul-2012 - Beauty beverages are big business in Japan and looking beyond regulatory hurdles preventing alcohol launches in the EU, could find a market with men, according to Mintel.

Hair-y bad news again for Nutrilinks as EFSA rejects 2 more health claims

19-Jul-2012 - Having been in the spotlight over skin health claims made, Swiss company Nutrilinks has now seen two of its claims regarding hair loss reduction and hair strength reinforcement rejected by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).

EFSA rejects two skin health claims made by Swiss firm

18-Jul-2012 - The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has rejected two health claims submitted by Nutrilinks Sarl that sought to link skin permeability barrier function and skin hydration to two different food constituents.

EFSA rejects skin hydration claim of wheat lipid extract

17-Jul-2012 - The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has denied a skin hydration claim made about a wheat extract stating that a cause and effect relationship has not been established between the consumption of the extract and protection of the skin against dehydration.

Looking within: BFW trends so far in 2012...

26-Jun-2012 - With the global beauty from within market set to reach sales figures as high as €4 billion by 2015, Cosmetics Design rounded up the trends the nutricosmetics sector has seen so far this year...

UK scientists unlock cocoa's health potential for the nutricosmetic market

08-Jun-2012 - Scientists at biotechnology firm Lycotec are offering an up to date development for anti-ageing nutricosmetic products by discovering a way to modify chocolate from its cocoa flavanols - an essential factor in slowing down the ageing process, without impacting on taste or texture.  

Euromonitor: global beauty from within sales to reach €4 billion by 2015

29-May-2012 - According to a presentation delivered by Euromonitor’s head of wellness and health at this year’s in-cosmetics event in Barcelona, the global beauty from within market is set to reach sales figures as high as €4 billion by 2015

Innéov calls for complete EU health claims revamp

28-Oct-2011 - L’Oreal and Nestlé joint venture Innéov told a beauty foods and supplements congress in Paris yesterday that the European Union health claims laws that have stung its marketing need to be completely overhauled.

GIA predicts nutricosmetics market will reach $4.24bn by 2017

05-Apr-2011 - Increasing awareness among consumers, an aging population, and an inclination towards less invasive beauty treatments, will help to drive the nutricosmetics market in the next few years, according to a report.

Oral and topical skin restructuring ingredient launched by Indena

23-Mar-2011 - Ingredients supplier Indena has launched an extract high in omega 3 and 6 that it says can be used both topically and orally as a skin soothing and restructuring ingredient.

Nestlé’s Glowelle beauty from within brand ‘no longer available for purchase’

11-Feb-2011 - Nestlé has confirmed via its social networking page on Facebook that its beauty from within drink Glowelle will no longer be available for purchase.

Lallemand launches yeast-based ingredient targeting nutricosmetics market

02-Feb-2011 - Denmark-based ingredient provider Lallemand Health Ingredients has launched a range of yeast-based mineral and vitamins as part of its Lalmin range.

EFSA health claim opinion

EFSA says no to vitamin E skin and hair health claims

09-Nov-2010 - The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) says that evidence supporting the dietary intake of vitamin E as a way of helping to maintain normal skin, hair and nails is not sufficient.