Avocado Perseose®, Mustela's green wonder

Avocado Perseose® is our flagship ingredient: a patented and well-guarded active ingredient that helps babies' immature skin strengthen its barrier function by stimulating the production of proteins and lipids.

It also protects the baby's cellular capital and acts as a shield against daily aggressions. Finally, Avocado Perseose® is a biomimetic substance, which means it respects the structure of your baby's skin.

At the beginning, a fruitful collaboration

Sébastien, our general manager in Peru, has established a collaboration with Don Simon, who has been supplying us with upcycled avocados for over 20 years!

We established our own factory in Lima, Peru, to contribute to the development of the local economy and have a positive impact at every stage: promoting traditional agriculture, trusting relationships with producers and respecting the country's unique ecosystem.

Respect for the earth

At Mustela, we prioritize organic farming whenever possible. All the avocados used in our skincare products are upcycled: these are fruits deemed unsuitable for human consumption due to their size, color, or shape.

Concerned about water supply management in Peru, we source ours only from regions where it is naturally abundant and where producers still use ancestral irrigation systems. Since 2011, Laboratoires Expanscience has been a member of the UEBT (Union for Ethical Bio-commerce), a non-profit association that promotes ethical sourcing practices that respect humans and biodiversity. Our avocados are sourced responsibly, verified by the UEBT.

Waste nothing, transform everything

No part of the fruit is wasted: we extract the sugar, oil, and polyphenols because each part has unique properties that can benefit our skincare… and your skin!

How do we produce our avocado oil and sugar?

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01. Selection and cleaning
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02. We slice the avocados
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03. Then they are dried in a hot blower
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04. Crushed and cold pressed…
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05. … To get this: an avocado cake
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06. And virgin avocado oil
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07. Next stop? Epernon, France
Avocado Perseose®, our patented ingredient, is one of Mustela's greatest innovations in baby skin care.