This photo provided by DECANT shows the company’s facial sheet mask made by made by wine-making by-products.
BUSAN, June 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean startup DECANT said Sunday it has succeeded in turning tens of millions of tons of wine-making by-products that were being wasted annually into high value-added beauty products through bio-recycling.
The company, located within the Busan Center for Creative Economy & Innovation’s startup incubation space B.Cube, has developed a variety of beauty products made of pomace, a collective term for grape seeds, stems and skins generated during the process of wine extraction, using green decanting technology
After acquiring green technology certification for cosmetics ingredients, DECANT is turning wine pomace into high value-added materials through various research and development (R&D) efforts.
The firm’s green beauty brand VINOIR has already established a presence on Amazon and is scheduled to be officially launched in the domestic market in the latter half of this year.
DECANT secured global competitiveness thanks to its acquisition of wineries from Tasmania, Australia and pomace from Bourgogne, France.
Pomace, a by-product generated during the wine-making process, has been wasted due to technical problems and difficulties in processing.
Thus far, pomace has been regarded as a big threat to the environment since it generates carbons and acidifies soils.
Lina Jang (linajang@koreabizwire.com)
Hi, thanks for sharing this informative blog. It is really helpful.
To tell the truth, it is quite controversial news which can cause ambiguous reactions because it is really difficult to support everything which can harm the environment and I think that it was really reckless to develop a variety of beauty products made of pomace. Of course, pomace is a really controversial product which has certain advantages and disadvantages, being not favorable for the environment in some respects. I think that it is really important to explore all the aspects of pomace in order to apply it in a smart way and take a maximum advantage of it, reducing its negative impact to a minimum. I can’t deny the fact that the idea of DECANT is truly innovative and progressing, but I don’t know what it will entail afterwards. I really hope that it will only open new prospects and opportunities for people, being beneficial for them in certain respects.