Key Takeaways:
- Precision fermentation is now a primary source for keystone ingredients in the industry including actives, functionals, and fragrances, across global beauty brands.
- Amyris ingredients in the Beauty and Personal Care space are 100% natural origin and used from mass-market to premium.
- Biotechnology is enabling new innovation in functionality and textures.
Amyris was recently featured in a report from Personal Care Insights on how biotechnology is transforming ingredient development across the beauty and personal care industry.
Annie Tsong, SVP of Corporate & Scientific Affairs,tells Personal Care Insights that biotech ingredients are frequently 100% natural origin and used across the full spectrum from mass-market to premium brands — addressing a common misconception that biotech-derived materials are niche or less natural. She points to squalene as an example: a direct,sustainable replacement for animal-derived material with strong consumer appeal.
She also discussed how precision fermentation has moved from a niche technology to the primary source of numerous keystone ingredients for many global beauty brands.
"Amyris now has decades of experience behind us to turn what was a novel technology into a manufacturing engine, and can guarantee consistency, quality, and scale, with the confidence of other well-established industries." — Annie Tsong, SVP of Corporate & Scientific Affairs
She adds that biotechnology is increasingly becoming a tool to unlock new chemistries and textures unavailable through conventional routes.
