Nongshim Wins Innovation Award At SIAL Paris
A health functional food material independently developed by a domestic food company has won a technological innovation award at the world's largest food exhibition.Nongshim announced on Oct. 1 that Derma Collagen Signature RN from its health functional food brand Lifill won the SIAL Innovation Sele
Nongshim, a prominent domestic food company, has been awarded the SIAL Innovation Selection 2026 at the prestigious SIAL Paris 2026 exhibition. The award, a testament to the company's innovation, was bestowed upon its health functional food brand, Lifill, for its product Derma Collagen Signature RN.
The selection process considered various aspects of the product, including new raw material technologies, functional value, recipes, and packaging. The key driving force behind this recognition is Nongshim's Low Molecular Weight Collagen Peptide NS, a unique ingredient developed exclusively by the company.
Nongshim achieved this by employing a patented enzymatic hydrolysis method, which reduced the collagen molecule size to 173 daltons, the lowest in the country. This technology has earned the company two patents and been published in three SCI-level papers. Two human application tests conducted by Nongshim revealed significant improvements in 31 skin health indicators, a record for the highest number of indicator improvements among collagen products in the domestic market.
Notably, effects were observed in as little as 10 days, a record for the shortest period of proven efficacy in the country. This award sets Nongshim apart from many products that rely on imported raw materials. Instead, the company has established a K-collagen system, managing the entire process from sourcing raw materials to producing the final product domestically.
The company will showcase this award-winning product at Nongshim's dedicated booth during the exhibition. This move allows the company to intensively promote the unique features of its independently developed collagen material and its research and development capabilities in health functional foods to global food industry officials.
An official from Nongshim emphasized that this award validates the company's material technology on the global stage, and that the company plans to continue expanding its lineup of health functional foods based on its differentiated research and development capabilities.
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