FANCL develops cosmetic packaging from by-products of beer production

 FANCL is promoting various joint development with Kirin Holdings, taking advantage of the capital and business alliance in 2019. As part of this effort, in collaboration with Kirin's Packaging Innovation Research Institute, we have developed a plant-derived cosmetic packaging material that uses hemicellulose extracted from beer lees, a by-product generated in the manufacturing process of Kirin Ichiban Shibori Draft Beer. bottom.


In consideration of the environment, FANCL sells refills for products such as powder foundation that require repeated use in compact cases so that they can be replaced. Currently, we use blister packaging for this refill, and we are using petroleum-derived PET material for the material, but we have been investigating the necessity of plant-derived blister packaging materials in consideration of further environmental considerations.

Since cellulose is derived from plants, it is said that even if it is incinerated, it does not affect carbon dioxide in the atmosphere very much, and it is said to be an effective measure against global warming. However, there was a problem that it was difficult to manufacture a sheet that would be used as a material for blister packaging. Therefore, development was carried out with the cooperation of Business Innovation Partners, which conducts research and development and manufactures bioplastics using hemicellulose as a raw material.


In our research, we were able to discover the manufacturing conditions for a sheet with high fluidity and improved workability as a result of mixing hemicellulose extracted from beer lees, a by-product of first squeezing, with cellulose.


When we investigated the commercialization of blister packaging using this sheet, we encountered issues such as suppressing the color and odor of the sheet derived from raw materials. 

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