Nexira's premium olive fruit extract, Oli-Ola, has won the prestigious Ingredient Idol Award in the Nutricosmetics category at SupplySide Global.
The award highlights ingredients with outstanding innovation, robust scientific validation and strong market potential.
More than 60% of consumers aged over 35 report dark spots as their top skin concern.
Until now, most solutions have been limited to topical approaches, but Nexira has focused on ways to reverse dark spots naturally.
“This award celebrates innovation, scientific substantiation and market appeal — and Oli-Ola truly delivered on all fronts."
"Our premium, up-cycled olive extract demonstrated outstanding beauty-from-within benefits: visibly reduced dark spots, improved skin elasticity and preserved hydration," said Leslie Lannebère, Global Marketing Health at Nexira.
Oli-Ola is supported by two complementary clinical studies, along with nutrigenomic insights, demonstrating its targeted efficacy on dark-spot reduction.
A pilot clinical study looked at the first 90-day supplementation and showed a 22% average reduction in dark spots, confirming the ingredient’s whitening potential.
A second, 12-week double-blind, placebo-controlled study was conducted on 132 women (40-60 years).
This larger trial demonstrated a visible decrease in dark spots, with one in two women reporting improvements, alongside gains in elasticity and hydration.