Cosmetics & Personal Care

Fermentation Manufacturing for Innovative Cosmetic Ingredients.

Biotechnology is creating new opportunities in cosmetics and personal care, from fermentation-derived actives and specialty ingredients to microbial biomass, enzymes and bio-based materials.

Wisconsin BioProducts provides flexible fermentation and downstream processing support for companies developing ingredients that need to move from promising laboratory results into dependable commercial production.

Applications May Include:

• Fermentation-derived cosmetic ingredients
• Bioactive compounds
• Microbial biomass and lysates
• Enzymes and specialty proteins
• Functional personal care ingredients
• Bio-based ingredients
• Cosmetic intermediates
• Custom fermentation-derived materials

Protecting product characteristics during scale-up

For cosmetic ingredients, manufacturing success may depend on more than yield alone. Product activity, concentration, appearance, stability and downstream behavior can all become more critical as a process grows. 

Our team works with our customers to understand these requirements before scale-up and to identify manufacturing conditions that may influence the final ingredient.

Connecting fermentation with downstream processing

Depending on where the desired product is located, the manufacturing process may require cell separation, homogenization, filtration, concentration or additional formulation after fermentation.

By considering those steps as part of the overall process, we can help create an more practical route from fermentation to finished bulk ingredient.