Under the "beauty economy", collagen, niacinamide, hyaluronic acid, probiotics, enzymes and other ingredients have risen in various oral beauty products, and have attracted biscuits, gummies, and beverage brands to "enter the circle", known as "whitening big net red" and "white to be isolated by girlfriends".
Recently, "niacinamide", this "immortal" whitening ingredient began to grab the beach snack circle, some merchants launched niacinamide formula biscuits, a fruity drink loved by young people also added niacinamide, said "from the medical explanation, the internal niacinamide can be metabolized through exercise to the surface of the skin, but also to the skin whitening, brightening, anti-aging effect." ”
What is the niacinamide that can be applied externally and taken internally in the mask and in the snack?
Delicious and beautiful? There are expectations and doubts
How is consumer acceptance of snacks with "beauty" effects launched by food companies? "If you can whiten, there is no guilt in eating more snacks" "Snacks, you can't eat more" "This kind of skin care external things are made into food, will it have an effect?" "For beauty snacks, more consumers are in the early adopter mentality.
"Compared with the traditional form of oral beauty products, consumers have a greater tolerance for beauty products in the direction of snacks, and their pursuit of product efficacy is lower than that of various types of professional beauty and skin care products." Industry insiders admit that with the continuous addition of food brands, oral beauty products continue to explore in the direction of snacking, and beauty snacks have increased their value a lot while adding so-called beauty ingredients.
What exactly is niacinamide
Niacinamide, also known as niacinamide, is an amide compound of niacin. Speaking of niacinamide, its other name, vitamin b3, is much more grounded, and it is one of the 13 vitamins that the human body must have. Niacinamide is a derivative of vitamin B3 and belongs to the B vitamin family.
There are reports that niacinamide on the melanin body transport system has a 35%-68% inhibitory effect, clinical trials have proved that skin care products containing niacinamide can reduce the number and range of skin spots on human skin, long-term use of skin care products containing niacinamide, can promote the color of spots, improve skin conditions, so as to achieve whitening effect.
Will it work? Dermatologist: "Hard to say"
With the addition of niacinamide to food, will it really have a whitening effect? "Hard to say!" Dr. Dai Junlai of the Department of Dermatology of Shanghai Renai Hospital said that niacinamide is an essential vitamin for the human body, which has a certain role in inhibiting melanin precipitation, anti-inflammatory and other aspects, but as a whitening product, it can only play an auxiliary role. Now added to food, the whitening effect will be minimal. Dr. Dai Junlai added that niacinamide is not suitable for everyone, and some people will have skin redness, dry itching, tingling and other phenomena after using niacinamide.
Experts suggest that the selection of food, to ensure safety, health is the premise, the choice of beauty snacks should be cautious, look at the ingredients and instructions.