In-cosmetics Global 2026: Roquette Beauté releases four formulations
15 Apr 2026 | Roquette Beauté
At In-cosmetics Global 2026, Personal Care Insights speaks to Bénédicte Courel, general manager at Roquette Beauté, who launched four new formulations, emphasizing sensoriality and efficacy. Three of the innovations are alginate-based technologies derived from starch, made possible by Roquette's recent acquisition of IFF Pharma Solutions. These new solutions offer enhanced rheology and viscosity impacts. The fourth innovation, DS 700, is a water-resistant capsule with nearly 100% resistance, making it ideal for long-lasting beauty applications.
This is Ella J.
Duna from Personal Care Insights, joined by Benedict Currell, General Manager of Roquette Beauty.
Hello, Benedict, now.
So let's get right into it.
You are debuting 4 additions to Roquette's, beauty.
Can you tell me about them and how they enhance texture and sensorial performance in cosmetic formulations?
Yeah, actually we are really, really happy to reveal today, especially for the In Cosmetics Global trade show, the launch of 4 new different materials, but 3 of them are the alginate technology, which is really a different technology for us coming from the starch side I would say or territory, and thanks to The acquisition that Rocket made recently of IFF Pharma Solutions, we are able to open up now on new sourcing such as brow seaweed.
So the LGates are really great material because they have the capability to impact the urology, viscosity, and sickening effects of the cosmetics with water-based.
So providing a completely new.
Range and possibilities of water-based texture and with really a very unique fresh type of sensory, right, and very smooth depending on which alginate you are actually using.
But, last but but not least, I would say the other ingredient which is really a true innovation that we are launching today which is also visible at the innovation zones is our bot.
Rocket DS 700, which has a unique dual capability.
On one hand it can be used as a packaging to make vegan soft gel capsules, and on the other hand, it can be included into some makeup or suncare formulation, for example, because it shows a very high level of performance in terms of water resistance.
Close to 100%.
OK, thank you.
How does rockets balance plant-based performance with biodegradability in these new ingredient launches?
Thank you Ela, for the equation.
All of our ingredients are actually biodegradable, so that's already the number one rule.
It's thanks to our DNA.
Rockets is, you know, since 90 years plus, providing plants.
Based ingredients derived from corn, pea, potato, and so on.
Now also adding the ground seaweed and boot actually derivatives.
So definitely we are happy to have our botebi rocket product offering 100% biodegradable.
Incredible.
And in what ways has the integration of your expanded portfolio, including alternates and newly combined technologies, influenced Roquette's approach to skincare and makeup innovation?
For us it's really exciting because thanks to the Alginate and this new DS 700, which is really a really Use a blend with really great capabilities such as vegan so capsules, we have the ability to expand the type of makeup and skincare and actually to enrich our portfolio with a completely different offer in terms of texture, sensory feel, and performances.
So we are.
Really thrilled because it's very nice complementary product innovation to our existing by Rocket range and as I said to my team, you know, now guys, the sky is the limit right in terms of creativity, pass it along to formulators because there's a new playground for them, OK.
And what key consumer trends are you seeing that these 4 new solutions are designed to address in terms of texture, feel, and product experience?
There's many.
It's also depending on which country or which geographic area you are looking at.
But today we are in Paris.
So if we focus in Europe, definitely consumers are more and more pushing towards natural plant-based.
Ingredients but also very sustainable.
So this is really a key driver where sustainability is key, which is part of our, I would say manda and mission.
And the second I would say biggest trend that we can see is also, especially the Gen Z where they are actually looking for products which are transforming, providing experience when they There's really something happening either when you see the product, when you touch, when you feel, and playing with texture, you know, products which are appealing as when you look at it and when you touch and you apply.
So that's really something which is growing and we see as a trend, and I will say that everybody knows like the K Beauty, for example.
Which is, you know, raising beyond even, in Asia and now in Europe.
This is great because our product and our ingredients are actually going to perform and provide very interesting, sensorial properties around with texture.
OK, thank you so much, Benedict, for joining Personal parents.
Thank you and have a great show.
Thank you.
