Upcycling: A key trend within the Personal Care Industry
ProTec Ingredia, along with our partner Micro Powders, firmly believe that we should give our utmost to ensure that nothing is wasted when making personal care products. With that in mind, we wanted to highlight how Micro Powders use upcycling in the manufacture of their ingredients. Upcycling has quickly become a key trend within the personal […]
Oat Cosmetics – New Study Release
We are excited to share with you Oat Cosmetics’ new study on their powerhouse anti-ageing active, AvenaPLex. The eight week in-vivo study looked into the efficacy of AvenaPLex in promoting epidermal barrier integrity and showed the stimulation of hyaluronic acid and ceramides in the skin! The fluorescence representative of hyaluronic acid is significantly more intense in […]
New Distribution Agreement: Oleon Health & Beauty
We have great pleasure in announcing that, from Tuesday 1st June 2021, ProTec Ingredia has become the Oleon Health & Beauty distributor for the UK. Starting from natural, renewable raw materials such as rapeseed, palm, coconut and sunflower oil, Oleon Health & Beauty manufactures a broad range of fatty acid esters. These products are natural chemicals […]
Focus On: Polygal
We are excited to highlight one of our partners – Polygal. Polygal produces and offers a wide range of products based on guar derivatives. These products are used in a wide variety of applications for food, personal care, pharmaceutical products and other technical applications. Polygal has over 60 years of experience in the sourcing and […]
Lipoid Kosmetik – Congratulations!
We are excited to announce that our partner Lipoid Kosmetik has won 3 prizes in different 2021 BSB Innovation Award categories. 1st Place: Yogurtolin®, Category: Actives Microbiome/Skin Barrier2nd Place: Water Lily Pro, Category: Natural Raw Materials3rd Place: SLM® Eco, Category: Functionals And the awards don’t stop there! Thanks to Lipoid Kosmetik’s advanced and proactive Corporate […]
ProTec Group Management Changes
ProTec Ingredia and ProTec Botanica, both market leaders in the supply of cosmetic ingredients to the Personal Care Industry, are announcing management changes to their respective businesses. ProTec Ingredia was founded in 2011 and has been headed up by Managing Director Alan Eastwood since its inception. Effective June 1st 2021, Alan Eastwood will relinquish his […]
Micro Powders, Inc. – Exfoliants
Synscrub is a worldwide approved, economical and eco-friendly exfoliant derived from biodegradable synthetic wax, offered in both irregular and spherical shapes for different scrub performance. It is Micro Powers’ best synthetic alternative to polyethylene plastic microbeads. The irregular products go as followed: The Sherical products: Micro Powers, Inc has also created Synscrub Colours, a worldwide approved, permanently coloured, bleed-resistant […]
Lipoid Kosmetik – New Substantiated Extract: Water Lily Pro
Water lilies are a highly sustainable and endurable plant that symbolises beauty, purity and resurrection, making it the perfect ingredient for various water-based cosmetics. Typically found in temperate and tropical climates worldwide, the European white water lily is anchored with perennial rhizomes or rootstocks in the soil with round leaves and flowers floating on the […]
Lipoid Kosmetik: Prebiotic & Refreshing Care for Sensitive Skin
Yoghurt, as a probiotic food, is a success story, well known to consumers – it is healthy, nutritious and tasty. Lipoid Kosmetik has rediscovered yoghurt’s beneficial properties and associations for sensitive skin. Sensitive skin is often characterised by an imbalanced skin microbiome and a weak physical barrier. Furthermore, dry and sensitive skin often appears irritated, […]
Uplifting Essential Oils
The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is impacting all our lives, mentally and physically. Here at ProTec Ingredia, we understand the importance and necessity of mental and physical wellbeing for all our clients and their customers during these unprecedented times. The mental health charity Mind has identified common feelings and emotions associated with the Coronavirus Pandemic. Many […]