- Cosmetics sector
Solutions for the cosmetics sector
We drive innovation in product development, as well as in the validation of cosmetic products and ingredients through applied science, safety, and demonstrable efficacy, from concept to market implementation.
Sector challenges
- Product, process, and packaging sustainability Integrate into companies’ value proposition
- Develop functional ingredients and stable formulations
- Accelerate time-to-market without compromising quality
- Demonstrate product safety and efficacy
- Understand the consumer and their real experience
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Sector digitalisation
Our value proposition
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We integrate R&D&I, preclinical testing, and consumer evaluation to reduce risk and accelerate decision-making
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We offer an end-to-end approach in product development, development and validation of functionality through techniques such as in vitro screening and omics up to usability studies and applied neuromarketing
- Regulatory consultancy in formulation and labelling
- Advanced analytical capabilities and reference laboratories
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Digital platforms to leverage quality and efficacy data
Solutions and services
We offer solutions that integrate sustainability, digitalisation, new raw materials and products, and regulatory compliance, supported by more than 300 professionals and 21 pilot plants dedicated to innovative technologies that enable processes to be scaled up to pre-industrial levels.
R&D&I and technology
Development and optimisation of formulations
Stability, compatibility, stress tests
Functional ingredients
Extraction and purification (e.g. supercritical CO₂), microencapsulation and spray drying
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Proof of concept and pilot scale-up
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Labelling, claims, and regulatory surveillance
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Product safety, toxicological assessment, and audit support
In vitro preclinical studies
Efficacy, irritation, photoprotection, antioxidant activity
Physicochemical and microbiology
Preservation, challenge test, shelf life
Compatibility and migration for packaging in contact with cosmetics
Digital platforms
- Sensory analysis and neuromarketing applied to cosmetics
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Usage, preference, and pack experience studies in controlled environments
Consumer and market
- Sensory analysis and neuromarketing applied to cosmetics
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Usage, preference, and pack experience studies in controlled environments
Events
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Success stories
- 2023
CÁRNICAS SERRANO
AINIA has participated in the development of a new range of healthier and easier-to-prepare breaded products. This is a reformulation of the product category without compromising its sensory appeal. An innovative range has been developed, offering alternatives to traditional frying through the design of new coatings and the use of new ingredients. It provides a lower caloric intake and a consumption experience that maintains the inherent properties of this type of product.
- 2024
CELEBRE
Project led by FACSA to recover cellulose, such as toilet paper, from wastewater and urban waste, with the aim of producing renewable biofuels. The initiative also addresses the feasibility of recovering and valorising cellulose residues from the pruning of parks and gardens, as well as from diapers and personal hygiene products. AINIA participates in the development of the studies, experiments and proof-of-concept activities required at laboratory scale. A first prototype will be developed to assess the real feasibility, at a small scale, of implementing this biorefinery, laying the groundwork for industrial scale-up in the medium term.
- 2024
BIGPREDIDATA
The company Azufrera y Fertilizantes Pallarés, S.A. (AFEPASA) has commissioned AINIA to develop strategies for the prevention of frost effects, supporting the creation of a product that helps plants combat the damage caused by this phenomenon. The project is funded by CDTI and FEDER funds under the CIEN call.
Capabilities and infrastructure
- Preclinical, microbiology, and physicochemical laboratories
- Pilot plants (encapsulation, supercritical CO₂ extraction)
- Consumer testing rooms
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Neuromarketing platforms
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