There is a historically tradition of combining gold with food and drink products eg in Japan, tradition suggests thin gold-foils placed into tea, sake and food are beneficial to health. A number of companies including Delafee www.delafee.com are currently using gold as a luxury enhancement for food and drink products including chocolate, deserts and even champagne.

Gold flake and nanoparticles are also finding use in a wide range of cosmetic and beauty applications. Chantecaille market a Nano Gold Energising Cream and Guerlain produce the the L’Or Radiance Concentrate product.

Korean nanotechnology company Nano-Vision Tech has recently been assigned with an International Nomenclature Cosmetic Ingredient (INCI) designation for its Nano gold material. The assignment was made by the industry body The Cosmetic, Toiletry and Fragrance Association (CTFA). Nano-Vision Tech are supplying the Nano gold for use in soap, hair tonic and face masks.

For more information see www.nanovistech.com

Other companies with 'nanogold' based cosmetic products include NanoPlasma Centre’s Nanoseal range of face creams, see www.nanoplasmacenter.com and SongSing Nano Technology’s skin creams

Nano gold cosmetics

Umo24 have recently launched a Carat Gold facial which includes the placing of fine sheets of gold onto the skin followed by gentle massaging.