The Science of Nutrient Preservation in Modern Beauty Ft. HPPY Skin
Skin Anarchy
Ekta et al.
4.2 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 27 October 2025
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Skin Anarchy, Dr. Ekta Yadav sits down with Hannah Penn, founder of HPPY Skin, to explore how a food-industry innovation is revolutionizing skincare. The technology—High Pressure Processing (HPP)—uses 87,000 psi of cold water pressure to preserve nutrients without heat or chemicals, unlocking the true power of botanicals while keeping their biochemical integrity intact.
Inspired by her father’s pioneering work with HPP in the food world, Penn saw the opportunity to apply the same science to skincare—where nutrient loss from traditional extraction is often overlooked. “We’re not changing the ingredients,” she explains, “we’re changing how they’re processed.” The result is skincare that retains up to 10× more antioxidant content and delivers ingredients in their purest, most bioavailable form.
Far from a “clean beauty” buzzword, HPPY Skin represents what Penn calls “Clean 2.0”—a science-first movement toward transparency, efficacy, and nutrient integrity. From early failed experiments to a patented process and the launch of BioBerry Infusion™, HPPY Skin’s evolution embodies persistence, innovation, and data-backed results.
Blending the expertise of food scientists, cosmetic chemists, and HPP engineers, Penn has built a cross-disciplinary team redefining what performance skincare looks like. “The beauty space doesn’t need another white-labeled formula,” she says. “It needs innovation, quality, and excellence.”
Tune in to hear how HPPY Skin is closing the nutrient gap in skincare—proving that sometimes, the future of beauty lies in a little pressure.
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CHAPTERS:
0:02 – Introduction & Welcome
0:44 – Family Innovation & Early Inspiration
2:10 – Discovering HPP for Skincare
3:00 – How High Pressure Processing Works
6:05 – Testing & Scientific Validation
9:39 – Cold Press vs HPP and Bioavailability
10:44 – Rethinking Clean Beauty & True Innovation
13:12 – From Trial and Error to Patented Process
16:18 – Building a Multidisciplinary Team
22:07 – Innovation, Impact & Consumer Results
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, welcome back to Skin Anarchy. Today's episode is going to be all about how we extract ingredients when it comes to skincare products. |
| 0:07.9 | I think this is very rarely talked about in our space because companies don't want to disclose that maybe X amount of the product or the ingredient is being lost during this extraction method. |
| 0:18.3 | And so I find this to be very unique and interesting about |
| 0:21.1 | HPPY skin. So welcome Hannah Penn, who is the founder. Welcome Hannah. I'm so excited to dive in |
| 0:26.5 | and chat with you. Thank you so much for having me. I'm so excited to be here and to talk more. |
| 0:32.1 | Yeah, no, I'd love to get started. I mean, you started Happy Skin at 20-something. I mean, that's really young for starting a |
| 0:39.5 | business. How was that? Tell us about your journey. Yeah, I grew up in a family business. |
| 0:44.4 | My dad started good foods that also uses HPP technology in 2008. It has been quite a journey. |
| 0:52.9 | I was introduced to the technology really young as well. |
| 0:56.7 | There's like a few moments in my childhood that really stand out to me. One of them was when my family |
| 1:03.5 | first started talking about high pressure processing. There was a conversation that my parents |
| 1:08.3 | had where he never saw the technology. |
| 1:11.4 | He never saw the equipment in person, but knew what it did. |
| 1:14.7 | So he decided to invest sight unseen. |
| 1:18.1 | He just believed that it was going to change the food industry. |
| 1:22.0 | That's kind of where this all started was how significant that moment was in my life and my family's life. And every single |
| 1:30.4 | thing we did revolved around this food business and bringing people really high quality products |
| 1:35.7 | that they saw the label. They knew exactly what was in it. There was no preservatives. And it's |
| 1:41.1 | excellent. And it's healthy for you. And that piece of technology was really the sole purpose of what it was meant to do. |
| 1:49.7 | So the three main benefits of HPP is safety, extending the shelf life of a product and nutrient retention. |
| 1:58.3 | And so when I started digging into skincare and how |
| 2:03.5 | actives and ingredients are made and processed in the skincare industry, I just knew |
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