Focusing on Scientific Research and Innovation Using China's Ingredients | Botanee Group Registers New Raw Materials

Focusing on Scientific Research and Innovation Using China's Ingredients | Botanee Group Registers New Raw Materials

On December 13, Botanee Group successfully registered new raw materials [Candida bombicola/glucose/prinsepia utilis oil fermentation product] and [Candida bombicola/glucose/coconut oil/prinsepia utilis oil fermentation product].

The Candida bombicola/glucose/prinsepia utilis oil fermentation product (Registration No.: GZYBZ 20230059) and Candida bombicola/glucose/coconut oil/prinsepia utilis oil fermentation product (Registration No.: GZYBZ 20230060) have been filed and notified by the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA), officially entering a 3-year monitoring and protection period.

Making breakthroughs with Chinese ingredients

Raw materials are the source of the whole life cycle of cosmetics, the cornerstone of product efficacy, and the guarantee of cosmetic quality and safety.

For domestic cosmetics brands, seeking new raw materials is an inevitable choice. Raw material innovation is becoming a priority in R&D and investment of cosmetics.

In recent years, the cosmetics industry has transitioned from the old to the new. As scientific research and innovation become the main theme of domestic cosmetics industry, a large number of Chinese cosmetics brands are transforming China's characteristic plant raw materials into safe and effective "Chinese ingredients" through technological innovation, hoping to make it through the transition period.

We are at the peak of changes. According to the registration data of new raw materials for cosmetics issued by NMPA, more than 60 kinds of new raw materials were registered in 2023, with domestic enterprises ranking first in the number of declarations. Domestic brands are actively producing and registering "Chinese ingredients".

As a leading cosmetics brand in China, Botanee Group takes root in "Plant Kingdom" Yunnan and pioneers the production of "Chinese ingredients" to make breakthroughs. With abundant expertise and optimized technologies, Botanee Group extracts oil rich in unsaturated fatty acids from prinsepia utilis royle from Haba Snow Mountain. It focuses on the in-depth application and development of prinsepia utilis oil while protecting biodiversity. Under the metabolism of Candida bombicola from nature, prinsepia utilis oil produces skin-friendly and skin-softening skin lipids, i.e. biolipids. This fermentation process does not alter the special fatty acid ratio in prinsepia utilis oil, where its natural advantage lies. By precisely controlling the biolipid biotransformation conditions, such processes as microculture, fermentation, separation and purification are implemented to obtain the primary fermented oil [Candida bombicola/glucose/prinsepia utilis oil fermentation product] and the secondary fermented oil [Candida bombicola/glucose/coconut oil/prinsepia utilis oil fermentation product].

The report shows that the primary fermented oil [Candida bombicola/glucose/prinsepia utilis oil fermentation product] has both the efficacy and skin feeling advantages of prinsepia utilis oil. It is refreshing, easy to absorb, moisturizing and non-greasy. The secondary fermented oil [Candida bombicola/glucose/coconut oil/prinsepia utilis oil fermentation product] is produced from prinsepia utilis oil and coconut oil through deep fermentation with Candida bombicola, with higher bio-lipids content. In addition to the unique skin feeling and efficacy of the primary fermented oil, the secondary fermented oil also has the dual functions of emollient and emulsifier.

It can replace or reduce the use of traditional emulsifiers, which is more in line with ECOCERT, COSMOS, ISO 16128 and other certification standards. Replacing chemical ingredients with natural alternatives may become one of the important ways for Botanee Group to safely replace chemicals.

With the rise of "Chinese ingredients", Botanee Group digs into the development of raw materials using natural resources. It has adopted an approach of comprehensive innovation. The rise of Chinese ingredients such as [Ludwigia adscendens extract], [Candida bombicola/glucose/prinsepia utilis oil fermentation product] and [Candida bombicola/glucose/coconut oil/prinsepia utilis oil fermentation product] may be the key for Botanee Group to stand out from its competitors.

Reaching new heights through scientific research

In a rapidly changing world, R&D innovation is the supreme principle for industry to survive and progress.

The R&D innovation of the cosmetics industry, a consumption sector that combines technology with beauty, is particularly important.

If raw materials are the chips that boost the upgrading of cosmetics, then R&D is the key accelerator to drive cosmetic innovation.

The Regulation on the Supervision and Administration of Cosmetics, which has been implemented for nearly two years, clearly stipulates that "the state...encourages and supports the use of modern scientific technologies to research and develop cosmetics in consideration of China's traditional advantageous projects and characteristic plant resources." This implies the necessity of combining R&D innovation with China's characteristic plant resources at the policy level. With the development of science and technology, Botanee Group will further improve the safety and efficacy of extracts from China's characteristic plants and promote the innovation and development of cosmetics with "Chinese ingredients".

As a massive health group that aims to create China's skin health ecosystem, Botanee Group and its characteristic plant R&D platform of Yunnan Characteristic Plant Extraction Laboratory have carried out extensive basic researches and explorations in plant extraction, raw material screening, new product development and basic research for application. It has provided solutions to the causes of sensitive skin of Chinese people under the support of "plant science and technology" and "collaboration among companies, universities, research institutes and hospitals". Botanee Group has advanced the sustainable and high-end industrial development through R&D of cutting-edge and forward-looking technologies. In early November this year, Botanee Group held a signing ceremony with the Skin Research Center of Hospital Saint-Louis in Paris, and announced the inauguration of BTN French Research Center.

As the proportion of R&D expenses increases, the Skin Research Center of Hospital Saint-Louis will back up its cooperation with Botanee Group with its strong R&D strength, which is urgently needed by Botanee Group's R&D model of "collaboration among companies, universities, research institutes and hospitals". Under the strong combination, Botanee Group will further enhance its R&D strength and make progress in global and cutting-edge clinical medical research. With strong vitality and core competitiveness, its healthy skin care brands will produce new scientific research results through the joint research and exchange between Chinese and French experts.

Botanee Group was honored as the "Most Competitive Enterprise of the Year" at the 2023 Yicai Capital Annual Conference. The theme of this conference, "Embracing Change and Greeting Innovation", coincides with Botanee Group's long-term doctrine of supporting "collaboration among companies, universities, research institutes and hospitals", making constant breakthroughs and broadening the development path. In the future, Botanee Group will enhance the synergy between BTN French Research Center and the two cores of Yunnan and Shanghai as well as the new central factory to advance the R&D globalization.

The application of new raw materials for the two fermentation products of prinsepia utilis oil marks another innovation of Botanee Group in the in-depth application and development of prinsepia utilis oil. It also marks a further advancement of "Chinese ingredients" based on R&D innovation.

As a representative of innovation in domestic cosmetics industry chain, Botanee Group will continue to dig into the application of prinsepia utilis oil, make greater efforts in scientific and technological innovation, tape and utilize the huge potential of "Chinese ingredients". In this way, it will provide consumers with safer and more effective products, and propel the high-quality development of Chinese cosmetics industry. Botanee Group will gather global scientific research forces, rejuvenate Chinese ingredients, and energize Chinese brands. Facing inter-generational changes, only pioneers can go further.