Consumers expect cosmetics to emphasize their best qualities AND live up to their personal values. That’s the driving force behind the growing trend in clean-label cosmetics. More consumers want to know that their favorite beauty brands not only help them look great, but are:
- Ethically sourced
- Non-toxic
- Sustainable
- Cruelty-free
As the cosmetics industry adapts to meet this demand, formulators must find reliable suppliers that offer guaranteed all-natural, safe, and renewable ingredients. Here’s how our Acadian SeaPlus™ seaweed products can help your brand maintain a clean label and enhance the best features of your customers.
High-Quality End Product
Before adding any ingredient to your clean-label product, you must first verify they’ll enhance your cosmetic products. Certain seaweeds are excellent for clean-label products, with cosmetic companies increasingly finding ways to harness their benefits in skincare products:
- Hydration – Your products need dependable humectants to moisturize skin, keeping it looking healthy and elastic. Fucoidan, a polysaccharide found in brown seaweeds like Fucus vesiculosus and Ascophyllum nodosum, can hydrate skin just as effectively as synthetic humectants.
- UV Protection – Whether your lotion is required to protect against UV damage or it’s just an added bonus, certain seaweed compounds offer options. Amino acids such as palythine, found in red seaweeds like Palmaria palmata, can absorb harmful solar rays and minimize the negative impact of UV radiation – making them a great ingredient for environmentally-friendly sunscreen.
- Viscosity and Hold – Clean-label products need natural emulsifiers to bind ingredients together. The alginates found in Ascophyllum nodosum, Laminaria digitata, and other brown seaweed species can help emulsify beauty products.
Once you’ve identified clean-label ingredients that can fortify and improve your beauty products, you can evaluate them for sustainability and safety.
Sustainable from the Start
Sustainability requires intention from the very start to manage the future availability of natural resources. Whether it’s for renewable packaging or your clean-label ingredients, you want to know you can continue to provide customers with eco-friendly options for years to come.
At Acadian SeaPlus™, sustainable seaweed harvesting is one of our cornerstones. Though the Ascophyllum nodosum, Laminaria digitata, and Fucus vesiculosus we harvest from coastal waters are resilient, we still take heed to preserve the local resource.
Our processes include using sustainable harvesting methods as well as closely monitoring the health of coastal seaweed beds to plan our annual harvest. Plus, we’re always exploring new ways to keep our eco-footprint minimal.
Making Human-Safe Products Our Strength
Acadian SeaPlus™ puts your customers’ safety first, no matter the seaweed species you need. Our wild-harvested seaweeds are closely monitored to ensure the product is devoid of harmful amounts of heavy metals or contaminants. By focusing on traceability from the harvest onward, we can quickly identify bad batches before they reach our customers.
With our land-based seaweed cultivation, we control the growth of every seaweed cultivar. Our on-land tank environments are designed to not only maximize the quality of our products but also ensure sanitation, delivering 100% epiphyte-free cultures.
For both wild-harvested or land-based seaweed, our quality assurance team meticulously inspects organic materials for cleanliness and freshness at every stage. Regular audits throughout the manufacturing process ensure that each product meets the highest quality standards, tailored to its intended use and destination.
From sourcing to shipping, we leave nothing to chance—that way, you never need to stress over the pure and non-toxic nature of our ingredients. Plus, our company is Safe Feed/Safe Food certified and FSMA PCQI Certified.
Simplify Your Pursuit of Clean-Label Cosmetics with Acadian SeaPlus™
Today’s beauty consumers want it all—products that deliver exceptional results while staying true to their values of sustainability, safety, and ethical sourcing. With Acadian SeaPlus™ seaweed ingredients, you don’t have to choose between effectiveness and ethics.
Our seaweed-derived compounds offer the hydration, protection, and formulation properties your products need, all while maintaining the clean-label promise your customers demand. From our careful harvesting practices to our rigorous quality control, we ensure that every ingredient we provide helps your brand shine with integrity.
Ready to deliver clean-label cosmetics your customers can trust? Partner with Acadian SeaPlus™ and give your customers what they truly deserve—beauty products that make them look and feel good.
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