Making face creams from coffee beans as cosmetics get greener

Date:29 November 2022

Country: Italy

Application

• The project aims to develop sustainable and eco-friendly cosmetics by utilizing coffee beans.

Description

Cosmetics often use unsustainable ingredients, but new research is answering the growing demand for eco-friendly products.The EU-funded InnCoCells project that VTT is coordinating is creating alternative ingredient options by growing plants or plant cells for use in cosmetics in a sustainable way.The team extracted polyphenols from coffee silverskins, a type of compound useful in cosmetics because of its anti-ageing effects on the skin. The polyphenol extract was standardised and used in a prototype face cream.

Pathway Description:

The process involves using microorganisms to break down coffee beans, into valuable compounds, which are then extracted and converted into cosmetic ingredients.