Sun care powered by Crudo BioMelanin
Crudo Labs is building broad-spectrum sun care powered by its proprietary BioMelanin. Melanin is nature's own sunscreen — the pigment that shields skin from UV — and Crudo produces it to a high-purity grade to make sun care that works without the synthetic filters many consumers now avoid.
Nature's own UV defense
In skin, melanin absorbs ultraviolet light and dissipates that energy before it reaches deeper tissue. It is the body's first line of defense against the sun, and it works across a broad band of the UV spectrum. BioMelanin brings that same broad-spectrum, light-absorbing behavior into Crudo's sun-care formulations as a nature-identical material.
Where it fits sun care
Daily-wear sun care
Crudo sun care built on a naturally derived UV-absorbing platform.
Clean-label and reef-conscious lines
Products moving away from certain synthetic chemical filters.
Hybrid skincare
Formulations that pair UV defense with melanin's antioxidant character.
Clean-label, by the molecule
Sun-care consumers increasingly avoid synthetic filters and prefer naturally derived ingredients. BioMelanin gives Crudo the most credible story possible: the molecule the body already uses for sun defense, produced on a platform it owns. That is the foundation for a differentiated, on-trend sun-care line competitors can't source elsewhere. Related: anti-aging.
Questions about sun protection
- How does melanin protect against the sun?
- Melanin absorbs ultraviolet light across a broad band of the spectrum and dissipates the energy safely. It is the pigment the body uses for its own UV defense, which is why it is described as nature's own sunscreen.
- Is bio-melanin a natural alternative to synthetic UV filters?
- BioMelanin is a nature-identical, UV-absorbing material, made to a consistent high-purity grade, that lets Crudo build broad-spectrum sun care without certain synthetic chemical filters.