Rethink how you formulate with Hogo by Symrise

Creating award-winning solutions is part of Symrise’s DNA. The latest innovative offering from the company is a cosmetic product protection online platform, Hogo by Symrise, which promises to simplify formulation work for manufacturers and brand owners. In Japanese, hogo means protection.

Whether for face or body care, a lotion or shampoo, Hogo by Symrise includes a comprehensive database that allows formulators worldwide to obtain a list of suitable ingredients for preserving cosmetic products. The platform offers access to potential combinations as well as information about dosage guidelines. Another benefit is that it provides users with efficacy data.

Users can easily search for ingredients, efficacy data, a wide range of potential combinations and dosage guidelines, regardless of where they are located. The platform utilises filters to find solutions that fulfil global regulatory requirements. This helps formulators to develop the best possible product protection system for modern cosmetics.

“Ingredients that protect cosmetics from microbial growth are essential for consumers, making them extremely important to our customers,” says Yohanna Sander, director, micro protection business unit at Symrise cosmetic ingredients division. “Unique in its structure, the new platform offers our partners an opportunity to obtain a list of suitable ingredients for modern product protection. We go one step further with Hogo by Symrise as it offers the suitable dose of the ingredients and efficacy data, which is real added value for our customers.”

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Symrise’s cosmetic ingredients portfolio comprises advanced actives, modern product preservation solutions, pioneering protection against sun and environmental aggressors, innovative hair care ingredients, original botanical extracts, highperformance functionals and specialised colour solutions.

We see Hogo by Symrise as a helpful assistant for our customers. It offers valuable benefits and allows them to work faster and more efficiently

Hogo by Symrise users are given a password that allows them to login to the platform. Formulators collect the initial information online; thereafter they can consult with their Symrise contact to discuss the results. They can also contact Symrise directly via the platform to ask the sales team questions.

“We see Hogo by Symrise as a helpful assistant for our customers. It offers valuable benefits and allows them to work faster and more efficiently,” Sander adds.

The company developed Hogo by Symrise based on its extensive expertise in modern product protection. Symrise also has an accurate understanding of its customers and their needs. With this knowledge and the results of in-depth analysis of the platforms currently available, Symrise has begun to compile its own data in the new platform.

AWARD-WINNING TECHNOLOGIES

As a global leader in the cosmetics industry, over the years Symrise has received many awards for its innovation and expertise. Despite the challenges brought about by COVID-19, 2020 has been a significant year for the company in terms of awards.

Symrise took top honour for SymEffect Sun in the in-cosmetics Global Innovation Zone Best Ingredient Awards in the Functional Ingredients category. SymEffect Sun stood out for its use of natural resources, as well as its efficiency in boosting UV protection and formulation stability.

The company also received a PCHi Fountain Award this year. These awards recognise and motivate the cosmetics industry for efforts toward research advancement and technological development. All entries are judged independently against a set of standardised criteria, which includes product ingenuity, scientific and technological innovation and market application prospects.

Symrise was awarded first prize in the skin microbiome category for SymReboot-L19.

Earlier this year, three Symrise technologies made it to first place in their respective categories in the renowned BSB Innovation Awards 2020. SymControl Scalp received top honour in the category ‘scalp, hair, moisture, tan’ for natural product/raw materials; the natural anti-dandruff active ingredient Crinipan PMC Green received the award for most innovative active ingredient for cosmetics in the category ‘scalp, barrier and redness’; and SymEffect Sun received first prize in the functionals category. These awards demonstrate the leading position of Symrise in the development of sustainable ingredients.

Symrise also won the top prize for SymControl Care in the effective ingredient category at the Ringier Technology Innovation Awards for the personal care industry. These awards recognise and encourage companies that have introduced new technologies which may result in energy saving or cleaner manufacturing. •

SYMREBOOT-L19

With SymReboot-L19, Symrise researchers have succeeded in maintaining the bacterial structure of a processed probiotic ingredient throughout the manufacturing process, preserving its important benefits for skin.

The ingredient takes full effect in creams and lotions where it acts as a booster of skin’s instinctive defences. The benefits of SymReboot-L19 have been tested and substantiated in vivo while an extensive series of scientifically-based in vitro tests have also been performed.

This innovation emerged at the crossroads of two pillars of research – one being the development of solutions for sensitive skin while the other is the use of probiotics or probiotic-based ingredients for food, nutritional supplements and cosmetics. During this process, Symrise and Probi utilised their complementary expertise and current scientific findings to create SymReboot-L19, which strengthens the barrier function and soothes sensitive skin.

SYMEFFECT SUN

Cosmetics manufacturers are faced with the challenge of developing modern sunscreen products that are not only highly effective but also meet the increased eco-conscious needs of consumers. And while many consumers want products formulated with responsibly-sourced, sustainable ingredients, the performance, stability and skin feel of eco-friendly alternatives need to be similar to traditional products. This also applies to sun protection products.

In response to these needs and using a holistic approach, SymEffect Sun from Symrise combines the advantages of conventional sunscreen products with the increasing sustainability requirements of consumers. Based entirely on renewable raw materials from responsible sources, SymEffect Sun takes a decisive step towards increased sustainability and naturalness in sun protection cosmetics.

SYMCONTROL SCALP

To remedy oily scalp and hair, Symrise has developed a state-of-the-art ingredient from natural and sustainable resources. SymControl Scalp reduces the production of sebum on the scalp with results visible in just one week. It makes hair healthier and offers protection against damage caused by harmful UV radiation.

This natural ingredient is based on renewable microalgae Tetraselmis suecicais and results from blue biotechnology. SymControl Scalp is 99.4% of natural origin, COSMOS Natural-approved, and halal- and kosher-certified.

Symrise’s experts have created a new screening tool for the development of innovations such as SymControl Scalp. The ex vivo model with sebaceous gland cultures provides results that can successfully be applied to in vivo applications, allowing the company to expand its expertise in scalp care.

SYMCONTROL CARE

With SymControl Care, Symrise offers an active ingredient that regulates sebum production and strengthens the skin barrier.

According to Symrise’s internal consumer research, roughly 61% of consumers with oily skin reported that their skin is also sensitive. With this skin type, sebum over-production can frequently lead to skin irritations. To combat these irritations, those affected often turn to harsh products that can actually increase the reaction of the skin’s sensitive outer layer. With SymControl Care, Symrise offers an active ingredient that addresses the needs of consumers with both oily and very sensitive skin.

The active ingredient has demonstrated ex vivo and in vivo to significantly reduce sebum overproduction, soothing the skin and strengthening the skin barrier. The result is healthy-looking and balanced skin after just one week.