Research & Development

Our phytocosmetics come to life in this Laboratory

Here a close-knit pool of female and male experts in chemistry, biology, biotechnology, microbiology and toxicology puts its professionalism at the service of the ongoing search for highly innovative and functional cosmetic forms and plant ingredients.

Plant origin

We have always been committed to enhancing the extraordinary properties of plants; our formulations revolve around raw materials of plant origin, renewable by their very nature: plant extracts, oils, butters and waxes.

We carefully select emulsifiers and surfactants of plant origin (from oats, barley, rice…), and viscosifiers and gelling agents of plant origin (derived from cellulose, algae, guar gum…).

In selecting raw materials we adopt rigorous criteria: for example, we refrain from using GMO ingredients and nanoparticles; for our Sun Care products we exclude the filters octinoxate and oxybenzone, banned by the Hawaii Coral Treaty as they are considered responsible for coral bleaching.

Quality control

Once the formula has been developed, it moves on to rigorous quality control: here we carry out microbiological tests and chemical and physical analyses to monitor the presence of heavy metals and to guarantee the stability and quality of the product, and therefore its safety.

In the production department, we then find the same care and meticulousness, reflected in decidedly larger volumes.

Our remarkable machinery, capable of working from 100/350 l up to 5,000/15,000 l, allows us to reproduce on a large scale the operations that our researchers perform on 1 l of product at the laboratory bench.

Technology thus becomes an indispensable ally in guaranteeing high quality standards that are always identical and repeatable.