OCEACTIF Bio-inspired production and extraction of algae to develop innovative and sustainable active ingredients for cosmetics

The cosmetics market is continuously on the lookout for innovative and effective developments with the result that natural active ingredients which are processed in an environmentally responsible way are in much demand by the industry. In this context, the marine environment presents a genuine and potentially very rich reservoir of active ingredients that is worth developing.

The OCEACTIF project proposes to develop and commercialise active ingredients of value that are derived from (cultivated) macroalgae for cosmetic applications and extracted using innovative, sustainable processes.

The innovations developed will form part of the whole value chain from production to promotion:
- Domestication of marine macroalgal species
- Metabolic orientation towards biosynthesis of molecules of interest
- Green extraction
- Formulation and realisation of new, increasingly efficient methods and biological tests
- Commercialisation of new natural cosmetic products.