Melt&Marble unveils precision-fermented lipid ingredient for personal care
Marble7® became commercially available in early July 2026.
SWEDEN – Swedish precision-fermentation company Melt&Marble, which creates designer fats and lipids for food and personal care, has unveiled the commercial launch of Marble7®, its first precision-fermented lipid ingredient for the personal care sector, following its debut at in-cosmetics Korea last week.
Marble7®, which was assigned the INCI name r-Saccharomyces Butter in March, is a multifunctional bioactive lipid intended for use in skincare, makeup and hair care formulas.
As beauty brands increasingly seek ingredients that deliver strong performance, good sensory qualities and more dependable sourcing, lipid innovation is becoming a growing focus in formulation development.
According to Melt&Marble, Marble7® was created to help formulators meet those expectations with a single precision-fermented lipid ingredient.
Built for a wide range of personal care uses, Marble7® addresses several formulation requirements at once.
It features a skin-like lipid profile and contains Omega-7 plus other bioactives suited to barrier-supporting products. It also delivers structure, stability, and sensory benefits, including a melt-on-contact effect that leaves skin feeling smooth and silky, and improves glide in multi-use applications.
These qualities give formulators an alternative to conventional plant-based, animal-derived or petrochemical lipid ingredients while still prioritizing performance, consistency and sensory appeal.
“Marble7® is our first commercial product for personal care and an important step in bringing precision-fermented designer lipids into real formulation use,” said Thomas Cresswell, Chief Business Officer at Melt&Marble.
“For formulators, the opportunity is not only to replace existing lipid ingredients, but to access next-generation ingredients designed with specific performance, sensory and supply-chain needs in mind.”
Melt&Marble uses precision fermentation to make fats and lipids with tailored structural and functional properties for the food and personal care industries.
This method allows the company to fine-tune features such as fatty acid profile, structure and melting behaviour.
At the same time as the launch, Melt&Marble has partnered with Covalo, a digital ingredient discovery platform, to raise Marble7®’s profile within the global formulation community and help product development teams assess it more quickly.
Covalo’s platform will improve ingredient visibility and make technical documents, formulation ideas and samples easier to access.
“This collaboration with Covalo allows us to move beyond traditional availability and actively drive adoption through digital activation, product visibility, and sample accessibility,” said Juliana Mancini Gomiero, Head of Business Development for Personal Care at Melt&Marble.
Yann Chilvers, CEO of Covalo, said the partnership will help accelerate Melt&Marble’s market journey and bring Marble7® to Covalo’s ingredient platform.
He added that Melt&Marble’s precision-fermentation ingredients meet a real industry need.
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