Growing Skincare Line Has Proud Roots at U of G, and with the Alliance

A woman-founded skin care company has put Guelph on the map in the competitive global beauty market. Veriphy Skincare was created at the University of Guelph, where researchers discovered PhytoSpherix, a plant-based form of glycogen sustainably derived from Ontario sweetcorn. The U of G lab breakthrough happened in Dr. John Dutcher's physics lab and evolved into a commercially successful biotech brand with distribution in Canada and the U.S. through brands such as Nordstrom, Ulta Beauty, Amazon and select premium spas. The research that went into helping advance PhytoSpherix came, in part, from the Ontario Agri-Food Innovation Alliance. Read the story in Guelph Today: Growing skincare line has proud roots at the U of G.