Why Choose Food Research Lab's FRL as Your Food Product Development (FPD) Consultant and Partner?

There are several options in almost every product area in today’s market, and the difficulty is in coming up with unique items that stand out and connect with customers. Food Research Lab's Food Research Lab takes a holistic approach to creating food and beverage products. We define, demographically target, and build effective goods through a sequential process for category selection and comprehension. The client can visit the lab to learn the process. We offer unlimited rounds of revisions to ensure customer satisfaction. The final product prototype, along with the documentation process, including the video (through email), will be shipped to the client, and in case the client is not satisfied with the video, a food technology consultant will visit the place for the product demo at the client’s costs.

What are the different forms that you deliver the Food Product Formulations?

The food industry is witnessing a new form of consumption. Keeping that in mind, we can formulate the products in the form of ready-to-eat, ready-to-drink, ready-to-mix, ready-to-serve, and ready-to-cook food products. We use ingredients that offer an added value to the development and improve its indulgence and sustainability in terms of its functional ingredients, plant-based food dyes, and natural preservatives with a clean label.

What are the sectors Food Research Lab cover?

We cover a wide range of sectors such as soups, sauces and dips, chips, tortillas, dry beverage powder, plant-based products, masalas, puddings, instant mixes and many more.

How is sensory testing been carried out?

Our sensory examination leads to the precise formulation and recipe recommendations. We develop data-driven design models based on sensory research and customer insights. The fact-based design methodology used by Food Research Lab reduces risk and gives our clients market confidence while cutting development time in half. With our dedicated sensory lab facility, our team takes satisfaction in creating and optimizing successful products in the marketplace, generating a favourable return on investment, and developing brand advocates.

How are Nanoemulsions beneficial in cosmeceutical formulation?

Interesting News June 09, 2023

Introduction

What is a Nanoemulsion in skincare?

A nanoemulsion is a type of colloidal dispersion, which consists of minute droplets of active ingredients or oils in water or water-soluble liquid. The size of the active ingredients are measured between 20 to 200 nanometres, indicating that they are extremely small. These droplets have significantly larger surface area than larger droplets, enabling better penetration and deposition of active substances into the skin. Nanoemulsion can be considered an application of nanotechnology in skincare products.

What are the applications of nanoemulsions in cosmetics?

Nanoemulsions are used in skincare products such as creams, lotions, serums, and sunscreens to improve the product’s stability, texture, and efficacy. The small droplet size of the active ingredients in a nanoemulsion enhances their penetration into the skin, as they can more easily pass through its outer barrier. This can lead to improved skin hydration, increased effectiveness of active ingredients, and a smoother, more comfortable application. Therefore, many industries are using nanoemulsions to formulate skincare products [1].

What are the advantages of nanoemulsions?

Nanoemulsions are better than other forms of skincare and cosmetic products. The following points explain their advantages-.

Enhanced Delivery of Active Ingredients: Nanoemulsions can deliver active ingredients effectively into the skin. The small droplet size allows for enhanced penetration through the skin barrier, increasing the bioavailability and effectiveness of the active components, thereby enhancing skin health [2]. This property makes nanoemulsions desirable for use in serums like retinol face serum, peptide serum and Vitamin E serum.
Improved Stability of Formulations: Nanoemulsions enhance the stability of cosmeceutical formulations. They prevent phase separation and provide a uniform distribution of ingredients by reducing the droplet size, resulting in improved shelf life and product quality.
Texture and Sensory Characteristics: Nanoemulsions create a lightweight, non-greasy, and easy-to-spread formula, which improves the texture of cosmetic products. Hence, they offer a pleasant feel while applying the product.
Solubilisation of Oil-Soluble Ingredients: Nanoemulsions enable the incorporation of oil-soluble ingredients into water-based cosmetic products and cosmeceuticals. Nanoemulsions increase the solubility of lipophilic compounds by dispersing oil droplets at nanoscale, thereby increasing the variety of ingredients that can be incorporated into cosmetic formulations.
Sunscreen Formulations: Nanoemulsions are commonly employed in sunscreen products, like medicated sunscreen, matte sunscreen, water based sunscreen and gel based sunscreen. They enable the dispersion of UV filters uniformly, ensuring even coverage and efficient protection against harmful UV rays, which can be used to treat photomelanosis and photo tanning.
Improved Delivery of Fragrances: Nanoemulsions can be used to encapsulate fragrances and deliver them slowly over time. This technology helps maintain the scent for an extended period, providing longer-lasting fragrance. This is especially valuable in developing essential oil–based perfume products.
Skin Hydration: Nanoemulsions formulated with moisturising agents help deliver water and hydrating ingredients deep into the skin, improving skin hydration [3].

The Future of Nanoemulsions

Nanoemulsions are becoming increasingly popular in the skincare industry since they have numerous advantages. The technology for developing nanoemulsions must be in accordance with market trends and consumer preferences and try to incorporate sustainable ingredients and procedures. Moreover, the manufacturers must closely watch how to make nanoemulsion formulation more cost-effective and maintain the quality, safety and efficacy of their products [1].

Conclusion

Nanoemulsions incorporate tiny particles of oil-based active ingredients in another liquid. They have many applications like sunscreens, fragrances, serums and lotions. They have better texture and enable deeper penetration of the product. The manufacturers must closely watch the industry trends and consumer preferences during product formulation and ensure the products are safe and effective.

How the Food Research Lab can help

We are contract manufacturing facility who offer B2B service in new product development. We monitor market trends and help our clients formulate products per the trends. We have extended our services from food, beverage and nutraceutical development to cosmeceutical product development for skincare and cosmetic startups. In addition, we offer lab testing of cosmetic products and cosmeceuticals for their safety, quality and efficiency. We emphasise using high-quality ingredients in the products and ensure the product meets the regulations, guaranteeing its success.