We make EcoSilk™ an ingredient designed to make you more sustainable
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Our EcoSilk™ Technology
Think of Cocoon’s sustainable EcoSilk™ as a superior, safe, and simple ingredient in healthcare, consumer, and industrial products.
Beyond its highly adaptable physical form, silk fibroin exhibits a range of highly desirable chemical properties that both mimic and augment those of microplastics. Silk fibroin is organic and biodegradable, ultimately breaking down naturally, making it completely safe for human use and the environment.
Consumer
Cocoon’s EcoSilk™ allows us to formulate a wide variety of all-natural personal care products using a minimalist approach. Our products live the philosophy: “less is more.” Additionally, our silk fibroin can enhance cell proliferation and viability, promoting skin-protective effects. We have licensed silk-based skincare and consumer facing products using our sustainable silk platform.
Healthcare
Not only is EcoSilk™ a sustainable ingredient in pharmaceutical and medical device formulations, but it also enhances cell proliferation, prolongs retention, and promotes healing. Silk has potential as a therapeutic, medical device, coating, and drug delivery formulation. Please contact us to discuss how we can help advance your healthcare products through the power of silk fibroin.
Industrial
EcoSilk™ can be manufactured at a scale and cost to support broad-based industrial applications. It has potential as a binder for food, a surfactant in detergents, a coating for consumables, a composite for textiles, and a replacement to harmful microplastic ingredients in a wide array of industrial products.
“Simply put, think of Cocoon’s EcoSilk™ as both a functionally-superior, and a consumer-preferred replacement for microplastics in healthcare, consumer, and industrial products.”
Ailis Tweed-Kent, Founder & CEO
Our Capabilities
Sustainability
Our raw material (cocoons) are grown sustainably, have minimal environmental impact, and support the livelihoods of people. We convert silk into diverse physical forms and solutions using mild, non-toxic, water-based processes. Furthermore, we are able to recycle waste streams to reduce our carbon and water footprint.
Safety & Simplicity
Safety: Not only is Cocoon’s EcoSilk™ very safe for consumer, healthcare, and industrial applications, it is also safe for the environment. Silk fibroin is a natural protein and, therefore, breaks down by all-natural processes into harmless byproducts with no health or environmental concerns.
Simplicity: Consistent with our “less is more” philosophy, we strive to minimize the total number of ingredients in our products.
Speed
Cocoon offers solutions with unmatched purity resulting in a safe, scalable, and proprietary ingredient to meet your needs. Furthermore, we are able to manufacture EcoSilk™ at scale with low cost-of-goods due to our innovative proprietary manufacturing processes. Our agile team with expertise in formulation and manufacturing enables us to meet commercial scale, and empowers you to focus on what you do best: bringing products to people.
