Frost & Sullivan: Natural Ingredients' Success Alter Business Plans in the Personal Care Active Ingredients Market

Frost & Sullivan: Natural Ingredients' Success Alter Business Plans in the Personal Care Active Ingredients Market PR Newswire KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Sept. 26, 2012 - New natural ingredients are replacing synthetic ingredients because of the latter's toxicity and non-sustainability KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Sept. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The rising green consciousness in Asia Pacific is generating demand for natural products, and the personal care active ingredients market has been cashing in, especially with synthetics coming under scrutiny for its lack of sustainability. Customers' growing awareness and affinity for natural ingredients, higher affordability, and environment consciousness is turning them toward premium natural personal care products. New analysis from Frost & Sullivan (http://www.chemicals.frost.com), Strategic Analysis of Asia-Pacific Personal Care Active Ingredients Market, finds that the market earned revenues of US$116.6 million in 2011 and estimates this to reach US$176.4 million in 2017. "Technological innovations are giving market participants a competitive edge by enhancing the ingredients' functionality," said Frost & Sullivan Senior Research Analyst Dr.Nandhini Rajagopal. "Following the success of the new ingredients, manufacturers are replacing traditional materials with innovative ingredients; for instance, light emollients are replacing some silicon products in final formulations.