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Beauty from within
 | A new and fast-growing category that taps into the beauty benefits of food culminating in products as diversified as yoghurts, drinking water, fruit juices and chocolate. |
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.
How to successfully market and position a nutricosmetic product
22-Oct-2010 - Positioning and marketing beauty from within products presents a unique set of challenges that require a clear and targeted strategy, explains Imedeen marketing director Marie-Louise Haxthausen.
The grey area between beauty claims and health claims
21-Oct-2010 - Are beauty from within products covered by the health claims regulation? Eversheds lawyer Owen Warnock explains the grey area between beauty and health – and why the lack of clarity may eventually go to court.
Dispatches from Beauty from Within
Probiotics may send signals from gut to skin
20-Oct-2010 - Much more is known about how probiotics work in the gut, than for the skin, but it seems there are signals coming from gut micro-organisms to the skin and mucosa that may allow interaction between probiotics in the gut and effects on the skin.
Oral antioxidants can have 'beautifying' properties
20-Oct-2010 - Taking antioxidant oral supplements can help enhance the skin’s natural protective properties as well as having beautifying properties, according to Lycored’s wellness and cosmetics director David Djerassi.
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Regulatory clarity for nutricosmetics proves elusive
14-Oct-2010 - Somewhere, in some time, there exists a land of beauty and promise for nutricosmetics products, where beauty supplements, foods and drinks can frolic, happy in the knowledge of their justifiable claims.The problem is that getting to this promised land appears to be somewhat complex.
ASA rules skin ads blemished by “spots” reference
13-Oct-2010 - The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled against a UK start-up for making unauthorised medicinal claims about a lactoferrin-based skin health supplement.
Nutricosmetic formulation launched to combat skin imperfections in young adults
13-Oct-2010 - France-based company Laboratoire PYC is launching a dietary supplement for preventing and alleviating skin imperfections aimed at young adults.
Innéov failed but Unilever hopes for skin health claim win
24-Sep-2010 - Unilever has submitted a health claim dossier to the European Food Safety Authority for a skin health food supplement composed of a similar formulation to the market leading Innéov product that had its skin health claim rejected in May this year.
Skin care brand launches oral and topical product
22-Sep-2010 - UK-based, Yllume, has launched a dual topical and oral system using IBR’s IBR Phyto(flu)ene, combining active ingredients such as the phytoene and phytofluene.
Beauty from Within 2010: Harnessing the potential of nutricosmetics
07-Sep-2010 - Beauty from Within 2010 Conference, brought to you by CosmeticsDesign-Europe.com and NutraIngredients.com, will get under the skin of the growing nutricosmetics sector.
Special edition: Beauty from within
Regulation: Cosmeceutical confusion continues
27-Aug-2010 - In the fourth part of our special beauty from within series, we take a look at the regulations governing what you can say about nutriscosmetics products – which, in most jurisdictions, is not very much.
Oral wheat ceramides may improve skin hydration
04-Aug-2010 - Taking supplements of wheat ceramides daily for three months may improve skin hydration, although the difference in the skin feel noted by users was less significant.
Innéov’s dry skin claim refused but it has not given up on health claims
25-May-2010 - L’Oréal and Nestlé’s joint venture into nutricosmetics had its claim relating to the improvement of dry skin refused by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) last week.
EFSA health claim opinion
EFSA rejects Innéov skin health claim
24-May-2010 - French nutricosmetics specialist Laboratoires Innéov has had a submission linking its proprietary blend with improved skin health turned down by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) health claims panel.
Daily dose of lycopene can protect against UV-induced radicals: LycoRed
24-Mar-2010 - One pill a day of LycoRed’s lycopene supplement can enhance the natural protective qualities of the skin against UV and visible light, the company claims.
Scope of health claims regulation for beauty is a grey area
08-Jan-2010 - Whether beauty foods and supplements fall under the EU health claims regulation is still a significant grey area, according to a new FSA consultation document.
Food beats cosmetics and pharma to nutra frontiers
26-Nov-2009 - Food companies are showing far more interest in nutricosmetics and nutraceuticals than pharmaceutical and cosmetics companies, according to Bernstein Research.
News in brief
Nescafé launches collagen coffee
20-Oct-2009 - The Switzerland-headquartered food giant Nestlé has launched a collagen containing instant coffee as part of its Nescafé body partner range.
New study supports antioxidant supplements for ageing skin
07-Oct-2009 - Taking a dietary supplement containing coenzyme Q10 and a selection of antioxidants and minerals can decrease skin roughness and fine wrinkles, according to a recent study.
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