--- title: "Formula optimisation" description: "Optimise your formula within the agreed product brief." image: "https://cosmetic-labs.com/wp-content/uploads/optimization-service-1200x1200-1.webp" --- # Formula optimisation > Optimise your formula within the agreed product brief. Source: https://cosmetic-labs.com/services/innovation/formulation/formula-improvement/optimization Created: 2025-04-21T19:42:04+00:00 Modified: 2026-10-25T10:51:03+00:00 Author: Emilie SCHOL Formula optimisation | Cosmetic Labs ## What is Formula optimisation? Improve performance, texture, stability or cost within an existing brief. ### Why do you need this service? Formula optimisation compares changes within an existing product brief. Use it to investigate texture, stability, performance or cost while checking how proposed changes affect the evidence supporting the formula. ### Who provides Formula optimisation services? 2 company profiles linked to this service or its subservices. Companies ## Companies linked to Formula optimisation or a more specific service Find below labs that added this service to their company profile. You may also [browse the full directory here](/world). ### [Laboratoire Naturae](https://cosmetic-labs.com/world/europe/france/laboratoire-naturae) Laboratoire Naturae is a French natural-cosmetics formulator and manufacturer offering white-label, custom production, packaging and e-commerce logistics. [See company profile](https://cosmetic-labs.com/world/europe/france/laboratoire-naturae) ### [Hoynoza Technologies](https://cosmetic-labs.com/world/asia/india/hoynoza-technologies-private-limited) Choose us for our unwavering commitment to pioneering innovative exosomes and liposomes based biotechnological solutions and prioritizing skincare. [See company profile](https://cosmetic-labs.com/world/asia/india/hoynoza-technologies-private-limited) Definition ## Formula optimisation Optimisation starts with an existing formula and a defined problem or improvement target. A laboratory reviews ingredient interactions, composition and processing before comparing targeted changes. ### Reformulation and adaptation Projects may involve replacing materials, improving texture or adapting a formula for a market, climate or packaging format. The revised formula should be evaluated rather than assumed to retain every benefit of the original. Replacing discontinued or costly ingredients - Adjusting sensory properties for intended users - Changing active ingredient levels or combinations - Addressing defined regulatory or certification criteria ### Performance and stability checks Comparative prototypes help assess whether a modification resolves the original issue. Accelerated and real-time stability work may be needed, but accelerated exposure alone does not establish a shelf-life prediction. - Texture and sensory improvement - Active concentration and compatibility - Preservative system performance - pH and viscosity adjustment Changes can affect preservation, safety, packaging compatibility and claims evidence as well as performance. The handover should document what changed, why it changed and which results support selection of the revised version. Timing and cost depend on formula complexity and the required validation, not a guaranteed optimisation window. Applications ## Comparing changes to an existing formulation Start with the problem and the properties that must remain acceptable. Adjusting an ingredient, process or vehicle can influence several characteristics at once, so compare prototypes against agreed measurements rather than assuming a cost reduction preserves performance. Stability and preservation questions need their appropriate methods. Challenge-test acceptance depends on the selected standard, organism and sampling point; a single log-reduction figure is not a universal pass criterion. Likewise, pH, viscosity and colour tolerances depend on the actual product and specification. Document the changes and the evidence needed for the revised formula. Accelerated storage can reveal weaknesses but does not automatically establish shelf life. Any saving or performance gain should be based on the actual comparison rather than a promised percentage. ExplorationLearn more about Formula ImprovementExplore cosmetic formula optimisation, preservation changes and ingredient substitution to address defined product issues and identify necessary retesting. Explore another Formula Improvement page on cosmetic-labs.com. #### [Cosmetic Reformulation & Ingredient Substitution](https://cosmetic-labs.com/services/innovation/formulation/formula-improvement/product-reformulation) Product reformulation revises cosmetic ingredients or processing to address stability, texture or sourcing issues, with retesting based on the changes. [Check this service](https://cosmetic-labs.com/services/innovation/formulation/formula-improvement/product-reformulation) #### [Preservative System Optimisation](https://cosmetic-labs.com/services/innovation/formulation/formula-improvement/preservative-optimization) Compare preservative options for a cosmetic formula and intended use through antimicrobial evidence and formulation work, followed by relevant retesting. 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