The supplement contains glucosylceramide derived from pineapple, and the consumer agency permitted the claim that ingestion helps to protect skin from drying out. Hiroshima’s Maruzen Pharmaceuticals is specialized on health food and food additives and is also developing ceramides from rice and konac roots for treatment of dry skin.
Nikkei Biotech news release, February 16, 2017
Maruzen Pharmaceuticals obtains labelling permission good against dry skin” for pineapple-derived ceramide”