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Mintel experts track the trending ingredients and new product launches, spotlight the trends affecting the market and its future growth. In this episode, we’re looking at a very unique antioxidant – Ergothioneine.

Among New Launches in Mintel GNPD, over the past 5 years, Ergothioneine has shown a significant growth trend in skin care new products globally. During January to December 2022, the number of new products with Ergothioneine exceeded 200% of the number in the same period in 2017. The growth was mainly driven by the China market.

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