Nice — below is a compact, source-backed market snapshot for the Upcycled Cosmetic Ingredients market plus a short company-reference table with the public values I could verify. I prioritized the most defensible market numbers and cited the best public company facts so you can paste this into a slide or a memo.

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Top load-bearing numbers & company facts (quick)

• global market US$254.66 million (2024); projected US$400.12 million by 2032 (CAGR ~5.8%).

• market US$231.5 million (2021) → US$433.5 million by 2031 (CAGR 6.6%).

• Example brand / company public values: UpCircle Beauty reported turnover >£3.5M for the financial year ending March 2022 (positioned as a leading upcycled-beauty brand / pioneer).

• Ingredient suppliers / pioneers: companies such as Kaffe Bueno (upcycles spent coffee grounds into cosmetic actives and oils) and Kadalys (banana upcycled bio-actives with patented actives) are supplying upcycled actives to brands and service bureaus. These firms are cited repeatedly in industry coverage as ingredient suppliers (company sites / profiles).

Short company reference table (concise — verified public values / role)

• UpCircle Beauty (UK) — Role: brand & user of upcycled ingredients; public value: turnover >£3.5M (FY ending Mar-22) as disclosed during its crowdfunding/CSR materials. 

• Kaffe Bueno (Denmark) — Role: ingredient supplier / biorefinery that upcycles spent coffee grounds into oils, actives and powders for personal care; public facts: company profile & product portfolio (KAFFOIL®, KAFFIBRE®) and awarded industry recognition. (No audited revenue line publicly available in press material.) 

• Kadalys (France / organic brand) — Role: developer of patented banana upcycled bio-actives and consumer brand; public facts: patented actives, R&D & supply-chain integration (company disclosures / trade articles). (Revenue splits not publicly disclosed.) 

• The Upcycled Beauty Company / UpcycledBeauty.com (directory & ingredient aggregator) — Role: active ingredient directory and supplier aggregator for formulators (useful source to source upcycled ingredients worldwide).

Recent developments (2023–2025)

• Major brands and indie pioneers continue to launch upcycled ranges or include upcycled actives in SKUs (examples: Origins/Estée Lauder lines, Lumene, Pulpe de Vie, and many indie brands). Media coverage and trade press have highlighted fast growth and stronger trade interest. 

• Ingredient suppliers (food-waste upcyclers and agri-byproduct processors) are professionalizing (bio-refineries, patenting actives, scale partnerships with food producers).

Drivers

• Consumer sustainability demand (younger cohorts buying circular / low-waste credentials).

• Brand sustainability commitments & regulation (reporting rules like CSRD increase transparency pressure).

• Technical maturity — better extraction / bio-refinery processes that produce consistent cosmetic-grade actives from waste streams.

Restraints

• Supply-chain scale & quality control for high-grade cosmetic actives (consistent raw-material streams can be scarce). Vogue and trade articles note brands sometimes must develop their own sourcing.

• Greenwashing risk & transparency gaps — regulators and watchdogs scrutinize broad sustainability claims (brands must prove ingredient origin/processing).

• Cost vs. commodity ingredients — some upcycled actives carry a price premium that limits mass-market penetration.

Regional segmentation (high level)

• Europe: early leader — many brands, ingredient startups and supportive retail channels (drugstores, specialty retailers). Nordic brands (Lumene) and many EU startups active.

• North America: strong indie brand activity and increasing adoption by prestige lines (Origins, others) — fast consumer awareness via social channels.

• Asia-Pacific: growing opportunity (large food/agri by-product streams) — but commercial scale for cosmetic-grade upcycled actives is still developing.

Emerging trends

• Ingredient industrialization — food-industry partners and biorefineries supplying consistent feedstock (e.g., coffee processors partnering with upcyclers).

• Patented bio-actives from agri-waste (banana, apple peel, pumpkin seed, coffee oil).

• Market directories + B2B ingredient marketplaces (Upcycled Beauty Company directory) making sourcing easier for formulators.

Top use cases

1. High-performance skin actives (antioxidant extracts from fruit peels, coffee oil).

2. Scrubs & exfoliants (spent coffee grounds, seed shells).

3. Functional oils & emollients (upcycled vegetable/fruit seed oils replacing virgin oils).

Major challenges

• Scaling feedstock supply and traceability (especially for mass market).

• Certification & claims — proving sustainability benefits without misleading consumers.

Attractive opportunities

• B2B ingredient supply to larger brands (white-label upcycled actives sold to prestige/masstige brands).

• Premium storytelling & price premium for verified circular credentials.

• Regional aggregation & centralized biorefining (scaling by colocating processors near food waste streams).

Key factors of market expansion

• Falling processing costs, stronger sourcing partnerships with food/agri players, clearer certification frameworks, and rising consumer willingness to pay for verified circular ingredients. Pick one market report (Allied or Fortune BI) in your slide and call out the vendor’s scope to avoid confusion — vendor scopes vary significantly.