HydrActive™ Almond Oil

HydrActive™ Almond Oil is a bioactivated almond oil with clinically proven soothing and moisturising properties, developed for sensitive and redness-prone skin formulations and gentle make-up removal.

HydrActive™ Almond Oil

Product properties

  • INCI: Hydrolyzed sweet almond oil
  • Appearance: viscous liquid, light yellow
  • Solubility: oil
  • Suggested use: 2-100%
  • Storage: 25°C ± 5, protected from light
  • Shelf life: 18 months
  • Free of preservatives
  • Natural Origin ISO 16128 index 1
  • China approved, Vegan suitable, Halal suitable, biodegradable product

Product activity

  • Increases skin elasticity, clinically proven (+9% after 10 hours)
  • Effectively moisturizes the skin, clinically proven (+10% hydration after 10 hours)
  • Fast absorption and reduced oiliness compared to conventional oils
  • Possesses soothing activity on irritated skin
  • Enhanced solubilizing and makeup removal properties
  • Good co-emulsifying properties
  • Curious how HydrActive™ Almond Oil could work in your formulation? Ask Ai-zeco.

Key benefits

Deeply moisturizing

In clinical testing, HydrActive™ Almond Oil increased skin hydration by 10% after 10 hours, thanks to its bioactivated, highly bioavailable structure.

How does it work?
Deeply moisturizing

Improved skin elasticity

The same clinical study measured a 9% increase in skin elasticity after 10 hours of application.

How does it work?
Improved skin elasticity

Soothes irritated skin

Clinically shown to reduce visible redness by 19% after 30 minutes and 24% after 60 minutes following irritation.

How does it work?
Soothes irritated skin

Gentle, effective makeup removal

Thanks to its enhanced solubilizing properties, HydrActive™ Almond Oil removes makeup effectively without a greasy after-feel.

How does it work?
Gentle, effective makeup removal

Enzymatic hydrolysis turns an oil into its active building blocks

In nature, seed oils are activated during germination: enzymes cleave the triglycerides into fatty acids and glycerides, the molecules that living systems can actually use. HydrActive™ Almond Oil reproduces this process in controlled bioreactors with selected lipases, producing a balanced pool of free fatty acids and glycerides that is difficult to obtain by chemical routes.

Because it consists of simpler molecules, the bioactivated oil has greater bioavailability and absorption, a light touch and very low oiliness, together with clinically proven soothing, moisturising and elasticising activity and strong solubilising and co-emulsifying properties.

HydrActive™ Almond Oil

Formulation guidance

How to formulate with HydrActive™ Almond Oil

  • Use level: 2 to 100%; it can be the entire oil phase or a functional addition.
  • Form: light yellow viscous liquid, oil soluble, free of preservatives.
  • Functions: emollient, co-emulsifier, solubiliser and make-up remover in one ingredient.
  • Process: add to the oil phase; suitable for hot and cold processes.
  • Combinations: solubilises 3% azelaic acid, which makes it a natural partner for Azepur99® in oils and balms; combine with BioMic™ Fermentate for nourishing anti-ageing textures.

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HydrActive™ Almond Oil

A natural process, reproduced with biotechnology

Sweet almond oil is bioactivated by enzymes, exactly as it would be during germination, in controlled bioreactors. No chemical modification is involved, which gives a natural origin index of 1 under ISO 16128, a vegan and halal suitable profile and biodegradability. Produced by Active Cells Biotechnology, distributed by Azeco.

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HydrActive™ Almond Oil replaces three ingredients in many formulas: the emollient, the co-emulsifier and the solubiliser, and it brings clinical soothing data with it.

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Frequently asked questions about HydrActive™ Almond Oil

The questions formulators ask most about HydrActive™ Almond Oil: bioactivation, INCI, use levels, clinical results and formulation.


HydrActive™ Almond Oil is produced by Active Cells Biotechnology in Italy and distributed by Azeco Cosmeceuticals.

In nature, seed oils are activated during germination, when enzymes break them down into the building blocks that living systems can use. Bioactivation reproduces this process, giving an oil with renewed activity and higher bioavailability.

Enzymatic hydrolysis is the natural process in which enzymes cleave the ester bonds between fatty acids and glycerol. For HydrActive™ Almond Oil, selected lipases are used in controlled bioreactors to obtain a balanced pool of free fatty acids and glycerides.

The INCI name is Hydrolyzed sweet almond oil. HydrActive™ Almond Oil is a light yellow, viscous, oil-soluble liquid.

HydrActive™ Almond Oil is a sweet almond oil bioactivated by enzymatic hydrolysis. Selected lipases break the oil down into a balanced pool of free fatty acids and glycerides, giving higher bioavailability, a light touch and very low oiliness.

Store HydrActive™ Almond Oil at 25°C ± 5, protected from light, in tightly closed containers. Under these conditions the shelf life is 18 months.

Yes. The brochure includes a moisturising sorbet cream with a fresh, velvety texture for young and fragile skin, formulated with 5% HydrActive™ Almond Oil.

Yes. Thanks to its solvent properties it dissolves make-up without rubbing, and it leaves the skin hydrated. The brochure shows make-up removal as one of its key functions.

No. Because it consists of simpler molecules, HydrActive™ Almond Oil absorbs quickly and has a light touch with very low oiliness.

Yes. It has co-emulsifying properties and improved solvent power, and it helps solubilise ingredients that are difficult to formulate in oil, such as 1% caffeine and 3% azelaic acid. It also works well in make-up removers.

The suggested use level is 2 to 100%. HydrActive™ Almond Oil can form the entire oil phase or be added as a functional ingredient.

With its soothing, moisturising and elasticising activity, HydrActive™ Almond Oil is especially suitable for sensitive, dry and redness-prone skin.

Yes. HydrActive™ Almond Oil showed a considerably higher emulsion stability index than non-hydrolysed almond oil, thanks to its co-emulsifying properties.

In an in vivo study with 20 volunteers, the skin was first irritated and then treated with HydrActive™ Almond Oil. The erythema index and transepidermal water loss decreased by 19% after 30 minutes and by 24% after 60 minutes.

In vivo with 20 subjects, HydrActive™ Almond Oil increased skin hydration by 10% and elasticity by 9% after 10 hours. After induced irritation, it reduced redness by 19% after 30 minutes and by 24% after 60 minutes.

Request a sample kit via the sample request page or contact our team at service@azeco-cosmeceuticals.com. The brochure and technical documentation of HydrActive™ Almond Oil are available in the VIP library after a free registration.

Yes. HydrActive™ Almond Oil is biodegradable and has a natural origin index of 1 according to ISO 16128.

No. HydrActive™ Almond Oil does not meet the criteria for classification as hazardous under Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 (CLP) and is not PBT or vPvB under REACH. A Substance Information Sheet is available.

HydrActive™ Almond Oil is natural origin ISO 16128 index 1, China approved, vegan and halal suitable and biodegradable.

No. HydrActive™ Almond Oil is free of preservatives, with a shelf life of 18 months when stored at 25°C, protected from light.

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