Natieco ensures the safety of products that are placed on the market to protect the health of consumers, through product controls and after-sales surveillance. Our expert and qualified safety assessor evaluates both the intrinsic, chemical and toxicological properties of each ingredient used, is the dosage to which the consumer is exposed during the actual use of the product so as to carry out accurate risk analysis that could be associated with the use of the latter.
Safety for human health is guaranteed by the support of numerous tests carried out on finished products. These studies are carried out under strictly controlled conditions, under the supervision of a doctor. For cosmetic products we carry out Patch tests, Stinging tests, Test tolerability and presence of heavy metals (Nickel, Lead, Chrome and Cobalt). For food supplements we carry out checks on the presence/absence of lactose and/or gluten. During the production process, in this case both at the beginning and at the end of the processing of food supplements, checks are carried out to detect the presence of gluten in industrial washing water and in environmental buffers through analytical instruments, the system is based on Lateral Flow technology.
- Patch Test
- Stinging test
- Lactose
- Test for the use of the product
- heavy metals
- Gluten presence
In addition to the safety tests, we can submit the product to further testing in order to evaluate its characteristics and properties, the so-called efficacy tests, or clinical evaluations of the effectiveness and pleasantness of the product with the involvement of humans, under the supervision of specialized medical personnel. For each type of product that boasts different properties and claims, we design and implement ad hoc experimental protocols. The tests are conducted with CE marked non-invasive biomedical equipment, which allows accurate and reproducible clinical, instrumental and sensory measurements to be made. Examples of effectiveness tests on cosmetics that we carry out are the evaluation of skin hydration, the assessment of skin elasticity, water loss due to perspiration, evaluation of the effectiveness of products to combat skin imperfections, in vitro screening of antioxidant capacity.
The efficacy tests are also reproducible on food supplements according to the indications of the product that the customer would like to boast.
We promote and participate in clinical trials for the publication of scientific articles in support of patent projects.
- Test skin Elasticity
- Skin imperfections studies
- Skin Hydration Test
- Antioxidant efficacy
