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Benefits of biotechnically fermented ingredients
Kim Cervino - Opia Nova LLC
Brazil is a megadiverse country hosting 15-20% of the world’s biodiversity and containing a great portion of the Amazon biome; it hosts many plant, animal and fungi species of all kingdoms many of which are endangered. The Amazon biome is a diverse and expansive geographical region covering 35% of the continent of South America, including northwestern Brazil, Bolivia, Columbia, Ecuador and several other countries. This precious biome is filled with unique
flora and fauna and crisscrossed by many rivers including the Amazon river. Twice the size of India, the Amazon is the single largest remaining tropical rainforest on earth; it houses 10% of the world’s known biodiversity including endemic endangered flora and fauna. The Amazon accounts for about 16% of the
world’s total river discharge into the oceans. For many reasons, the Amazon is a most precious resource serving as one of the greatest pillars supporting life on earth. With such a plentiful offering it is no wonder that this ecosystem has been pillaged for its many offerings by pharmaceutical, industrial, personal care and food producing companies as well as poor land management practices and reckless deforestation. This precious region’s biodiversity in forest and farms must be protected and managed responsibly. The industry could mutually benefit with the
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Amazon in a space existing only for companies with intent of making available natural plant ingredients from the Amazon region through sustainable and responsible harvesting methods and biotechnology.
Biotechnically fermented ingredients Fermented ingredients are now popular in the world of skincare, thanks to the development of biotechnologies, opening new horizons for these more efficacious ingredients. As the skin microbiome has become more of a focus in personal care and cosmetics with the idea that we must foster the ideal microbacterial flora on our skin so it has become more prevalent to use fermented products, probiotics and yeast as skin care ingredients. A process used by many cultures to enhance nutrition and extend the shelf life of food, fermentation has only just begun to step onto the stage for use in cosmetics and personal care. Fermented cosmetic ingredients have been in use for some time but there is a new focus on them as the biotechnology industry furthers its insights into how to optimize ingredients custom tailor them to skin type and optimize their active content through fermentation. Furthermore, the process can be refined
to be green and sustainable as well as reduce invasion of the environment. Fermented
products can be an ideal platform for development of ingredients to ensure sustainability of ingredients from sensitive ecosystems and to protect the environment and all its biodiversity for generations to come. Fermented ingredients can have higher level
of beneficial nutrients with a better absorption rate on the skin due in part to the smaller size of the active molecules due to the break down by the microbes in process. Thus, the challenge of biotechnology fermentation processes is to develop the correct stimulus for the production of the bioactive needed. In nature, plants including its leaves, fruit and bark, do not allow the interaction of external microorganisms with their internal fundamental structures. The intact part of a plant may contain many microorganisms on its surface, Rhodotorula and Plantarum are two examples.
When the plant is processed, it is possible
for these microorganisms from the surface to get access to the protected composition inside the cells of the plant transforming them into bioactive compounds including amino acids, antioxidants and organic acids and higher in concentration. One example of an ingredient produced by
this process is derived from the oil of the fruit of Pequi, Caryocar brasiliense. Pequi is a tree native to the Brazilian Cerrado, a savanna-
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