PET polymers producer Eastman Chemical Company announces NutriLayer, a premium, natural active ingredient for topical skin and face creams, sun screens and lip care. Derived from rice bran, NutriLayer is a powerful antioxidant that nourishes, soothes, and protects the skin through a combination of naturally occurring ingredients.

“NutriLayer helps personal care brands meet consumer demand for holistic, natural treatments that yield touchable, visible results,” said James McCaulley, Eastman’s global market development manager, Personal Care.

“We look forward to putting this unique ingredient to work to help our customers develop the highest quality, most effective beauty treatments.”

NutriLayer is extracted from non-genetically modified organic (GMO) rice, and is not chemically altered. Refined using a patent-pending process, NutriLayer delivers the essential, highly concentrated moisturizing and antioxidant benefits of rice bran.

Ideal for rich night creams and lighter day creams, it forms a protective barrier on the skin that entraps water, effectively locking in moisture at low concentrations.

NutriLayer contains naturally occurring rice bran wax, squalene and phytosterols, as well as tocopherols and tocotrienol -- multiple forms of vitamin E that help slow the oxidation of skin’s natural lipids and moisturizers.

In vivo studies show that NutriLayer inhibits UV-induced oxidative stress, providing long-term protection against the damaging effects of photo-aging and reducing the appearance of wrinkles in the skin.

“In today’s highly competitive marketplace, personal care brand owners are turning to powerful natural ingredients to distinguish their brands and deliver visible benefits to their customers,” McCaulley said. “NutriLayer gives brands the opportunity to substantiate their claims and give consumers exactly what they seek.” NutriLayer is a nonsaponifiable fraction. Its proposed INCI name is "Oryza sativa (rice) bran butter." Eastman supplies plastics products for credit and debit cards; electrical connectors, medical devices, vending machines, signs, display cases, carpet fiber; binder fiber for car interiors and upholstery, heavy-duty shipping sacks and pond liners; toothbrushes and tool handles; sports equipment; and photographic, movie and X-ray film.

Eastman Chemical Company