Microplastic-free sustainable microencapsulation services
MicroCapture Ltd offers sustainable, microplastic-free microencapsulation services for fragrances and active ingredients. Specializing in formaldehyde-free, biodegradable solutions, the company enables brands to add long-lasting sensory and functional value to consumer goods like tissue, personal care, and hygiene products. With ready-to-use formulations optimized for industrial spray systems, MicroCapture provides comprehensive R&D and implementation support to ensure regulatory compliance and high-performance, skin-safe results.
Overview
MicroCapture Ltd provides sustainable, high-performance microencapsulation services designed to add functional and sensory value to consumer goods. By utilizing natural, biodegradable ingredients, the company offers a clean alternative to traditional encapsulation methods. Their solutions allow brands to incorporate fragrances, emollients, and antimicrobial agents into products without the use of microplastics, formaldehyde, or synthetic polymers, ensuring full compliance with evolving regulatory standards such as ECHA legislation. The company acts as an extension of client innovation teams, delivering data-backed, skin-safe formulations.
Technical specifications
The formulations are delivered ready to use, requiring no dilution, and are optimized for low-pressure spray application systems, including WEKO and Nordson Valvemate equipment. Key features include:
- Sustainability: Products are free from microplastics, formaldehyde, and synthetic polymers, utilizing natural, skin-safe, and biodegradable capsule wall materials.
- Compliance: All formulations are certified to IFRA standards and REACH compliant.
- Versatility: Suitable for a wide range of dry-use products such as tissue, feminine care, diapers, adult incontinence supplies, disposable bedding, hand towels, and napkins.
- Stability: Products maintain a 12-month shelf life as supplied and 24+ months on the finished product post-application.
- Customization: Services include full fragrance development, fragrance matching, and consumer trend tracking.
- R&D Capabilities: In-house facilities for formulation development, sample production, and accelerated shelf-life testing, with access to independent controlled validation studies through academic partnerships.
Technology readiness level
The technology is at level 9, as it is commercially available and actively implemented in industrial production environments for major brands. MicroCapture has established supply chains, proven...
About MicroCapture Ltd
Microcapture Ltd specializes in the development and manufacture of clean, sustainable microencapsulated formulations, including fragrances, lotions, antimicrobial agents, and odor-control solutions. Their technology focuses on creating motion-activated or long-lasting active ingredients designed primarily for consumer and away-from-home (AFH) paper disposables, non-woven applications, and pet care products. The company operates a purpose-built, in-house research and development facility that manages end-to-end product development—from initial formulation and lab sampling to scale-up processes—often collaborating with external partners like the University of Lincoln for independent validation studies and claims support.
By partnering with manufacturers and consumer brands, Microcapture helps solve complex innovation challenges through customized technical solutions backed by empirical data. They serve a global client base, exporting products from their UK production facility to regions across EMEA, GCC, APAC, and the Americas. Their approach emphasizes regulatory compliance, sustainability, and the delivery of demonstrable consumer benefits, providing clients with the support needed to substantiate product pack claims in competitive markets such as personal care and household goods.
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