Microphyt develop, produce and market natural active ingredients derived from microalgae, intended for food supplement laboratories and cosmetics brands.
The Cosmetophyt unit offers cosmetics houses natural ingredients that are effective, safe and enduring. These ingredients are drawn from the immense diversity of active molecules present in microalgae.
Several active ingredients for cosmetics are currently under development. Produced from a unique cultivation and extraction process, these microalgae-based products are directed at achieving the following benefits :
The first ingredients are marketed in 2018.
With our know-how and innovative patented production process, we are able to meet the specific demands of our customers by identifying and producing customized solutions. They may be specific extracts titrated as active molecules or whole biomasses of particular microalgal species. We produce almost a dozen species of microalgae on an industrial scale. These serve as the base from which to develop highly innovative active cosmetic ingredients.
For example, we have developed and produced FUCOSOL – a raw extract of microalgae – for one of the world leaders in the field of active cosmetic ingredients which uses it in its slimming creams.
