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Challenges And Opportunities For Developing Upcycled Cosmetic Ingredients In Brazil: A Perspective For Small And Medium Enterprises

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  • Garcia, Murilo Dotti
  • Neto, Orlando Nastri

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The use of plant by-products to develop cosmetic ingredients has gained considerable momentum globally, driven by growing demand for sustainability and the increasing expectation that ingredients deliver scientifically proven efficacy. Brazil offers particularly favourable conditions for this trend, since the country combines unparalleled biodiversity with a world-scale agribusiness chain that generates vast volumes of largely underused by-products. This article examines the main challenges and opportunities facing Brazilian small and medium cosmetic enterprises (SMEs) as they develop ingredients from these by-products, focusing on regulatory, technical, scientific and market dimensions. Drawing on an integrative review of recent scientific and sectoral literature and on an analysis of the national context, it argues that SMEs, despite capital and infrastructure constraints, hold genuine advantages in agility and proximity to regional production chains. It concludes that conditions are favourable for smaller companies willing to invest in technical capacity, strategic partnerships and differentiation grounded in scientific evidence.

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  • Garcia, Murilo Dotti & Neto, Orlando Nastri, 2026. "Challenges And Opportunities For Developing Upcycled Cosmetic Ingredients In Brazil: A Perspective For Small And Medium Enterprises," SocArXiv k96et_v2, Center for Open Science.
    • Handle: RePEc:osf:socarx:k96et_v2
    DOI: 10.31235/osf.io/k96et_v2
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