Essential personal care, cosmetics and food supplement solutions.

From the life science perspective, the personal care and supplements sectors are very related. Personal care is usually a description covering various items utilised in individual self-care for health and beauty purposes. Segments of these markets within the UK and universally have often proved to be resilient even when facing unfavourable economic climates. Nonetheless, changing consumer expectations and regulatory requirements are critical challenges that face these sectors. Personal care products are not legally defined and only partially regulated. Products such as cosmetic/cosmeceuticals, disinfectant/sanitiser and related biocide products are nonetheless strictly regulated.

On the other hand, food and dietary supplements are often legally defined though not as strictly regulated. In UK and EU law, for example, a food supplement is defined as any food the purpose of which is to supplement the normal diet and which is a concentrated source of a vitamin or mineral or other substance with a nutritional or physiological effect, alone or in combination and is sold in dose form. The dawn of new dietary lifestyles and growing consciousness about unhealthy diets drive a widespread consumption of food supplements and nutraceuticals.