EMERYVILLE, Calif.,
July 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/
-- Aprinnova, Inc., an Amyris, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMRS)
joint venture, the leading supplier of high performance, clean
beauty ingredients is commercializing a plant-derived silica made
from sugarcane ashes. Silica is used widely in personal care and
cosmetics. It is traditionally sourced from non-renewable sand
dredging, which requires significant energy consumption and emits
large amounts of C02. The new ingredient branded Biosilica™ can be
used in foundations, creams, lotions and other applications as a
sustainable and better performing alternative to traditional
silica. In addition, it offers an alternative to microplastics
which are being phased out of many cosmetic products.
This ingredient innovation has been led by Amyris, a leading
synthetic biotechnology company in the Clean Health and Beauty
markets and a top supplier of sustainable and natural ingredients,
in partnership with the Universidade Católica Portuguesa – Escola
Superior de Biotecnologia ("UCP") in Porto/AICEP Consortium Project. As of
last year, Grand View Research, Inc.
projected that the color cosmetics market is expected to be
valued at about $87 billion in retail
value by 2025, with a CAGR of approximately 6% and according to an
analysis of Mintel GNPD, over 10% of new color cosmetic product
launches over the last five years contained silica.
Biosilica™ is available for sampling in August
with commercial scale volumes expected to begin in 2021 and allows
brands to participate in the circular economy based on the concept
that materials and products are never wasted, but always reused or
recycled. Cosmetic brands can get on the list to request samples
online through Aprinnova.
In consumer perception studies, both pressed powders and liquid
foundations made with Biosilica™ demonstrated great skin
performance when compared with formulations using industry
benchmark silica. Our plant-derived silica has unique sphericity,
high oil absorption, particle size and oil/water absorption ratio.
These characteristics offer premium benefits such as elegant
texture, sebum control, mattification, and anti-aging effects
without drying the skin.
The beauty industry is ready to lead sustainable innovations as
it touches more lives each day than almost any other industry and
produces millions of tons of waste from ingredient supply to
product packaging. Consumer demand for safe, high performing, and
sustainable ingredients has led the megatrend toward Clean Beauty.
Biosilica™ sets a new standard for how science and
technology can help brands meet this consumer demand for better and
safer ingredients.
About Amyris
Amyris (Nasdaq: AMRS) is a science and technology leader in the
research, development and production of sustainable ingredients for
the Clean Health & Beauty and Flavors & Fragrances markets.
Amyris uses an impressive array of exclusive technologies,
including state-of-the-art machine learning, robotics and
artificial intelligence. Our ingredients are included in over 3,000
products from the world's top brands, reaching more than 200
million consumers. Amyris is proud to own three consumer brands -
all built around its No Compromise® promise of clean ingredients:
Biossance™ clean beauty skincare, Pipette™ clean baby skincare and
Purecane™, a zero-calorie sweetener naturally derived from
sugarcane. For more information, please visit www.amyris.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This release contains
forward-looking statements, and any statements other than
statements of historical fact could be deemed to be forward-looking
statements. These forward-looking statements include, among other
things, statements regarding consumer response to clean beauty,
consumer trends, waste stream reduction efforts, sustainable and
safe products, consumer adoption of new product, and the potential
of the product launch to lead the way toward clean beauty and clean
manufacturing. These statements are based on management's current
expectations and actual results and future events may differ
materially due to risks and uncertainties, including risks related
to Amyris's liquidity and ability to fund operating and capital
expenses, risks related to potential delays or failures in
development, production and commercialization of products, risks
related to Amyris's reliance on third parties, and other risks
detailed from time to time in filings Amyris makes with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, including Annual Reports on
Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on
Form 8-K. Amyris disclaims any obligation to update information
contained in these forward-looking statements, whether as a result
of new information, future events, or otherwise.
Amyris, the Amyris logo, No Compromise, Biossance, Pipette,
Biosilica, and Purecane are trademarks or registered trademarks of
Amyris, Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.
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