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Matrix 3D Technology

Provital’s Matrix 3D: our range of products obtained through our flagship multi-capillary injection biotechnology

Transforming cosmetics with Provital’s Matrix 3D


Provital was a leading pioneer in the creation of a multi-capillary injection technology for sequential release of plant-based active ingredients: our Matrix 3D Technology. 


This flagship structure is now present in various of our CareActives™ and CareMotives, all of them being biotechnological products obtained through the same multicapillary-injection procedure but from different botanical sources, as each of the raw materials used were previously selected according to the potential activity on skin and/or hair searched for each cosmetic active ingredient or natural extract. 



Behind 3D Matrix Technology: Stages of ingredient obtention


We are committed to create innovative products that push the boundaries of biotechnology. Behind our 3D Matrix technology, there’s the goal of improving the quality standards of cosmetic ingredients. 


The common procedure of obtention of this 3D biotechnological structure for each ingredient comprises several stages: 


The first stage is the preparation of the hydrocolloid pre-gel of galactomannans or amylopectin (coming from the different plant sources). Either way, this fraction of polysaccharides is subjected to humectation at a controlled temperature and conditions until it is completely solubilized, thus forming the hydrocolloidal pre-gel.

 

This colloidal pre-gel is necessary to incorporate the smallest molecules (oligosaccharides) in a precise way: the galactomannan or amylopectin pre-gel circulates into a pipe under constant temperature until, at a certain point, the oligosaccharides concentrate is incorporated by means of a multi-capillary injection and the system is immediately cooled down.

 

With this multi-capillary injection, a critical concentration of solutes is reached, which, in combination with the drastic temperature drop, induces a reaction to form a three-dimensional matrix that traps the small sugar molecules. Since the galacto-manno-oligosaccharides are injected under continuous high-pressure conditions, it ensures a homogeneous incorporation of the small molecules into the 3D matrix with the desired botanical active molecules entrapped inside.







A unique 3D Matrix structure


Therefore, by means of this innovative 3D biotechnology solutions, Provital created a unique three-dimensional matrix structure that provides a double mechanism of action to the active ingredient that contains it, as it allows an immediate effect and a subsequent release of the active molecules inside the skin or hair.