Braiding hair your brand can stand behind.
A clinically tested functional fiber for braiding hair. Independently screened for what the category fails on, made in the United States, and supplied as fiber or licensed for a line of your own.
The ingredient, not the brand.
We sit upstream of the brands wearers already trust. You own the brand, the community, the shelf, and the customer. We supply the fiber that makes a new product line possible.
That is the whole arrangement. We make the fiber and hold the evidence. You take the product to market, and everything the customer sees stays yours.
What a partner gets.
Two IRB-approved clinical studies and an SGS leachables panel, citable by report number.
Produced in FDA-registered facilities from FDA GRAS-listed materials.
Nourie appears as an endorsement mark, the way an ingredient brand does.
Supplied as finished fiber, or licensed for a line of your own.
Compared, plainly.
| Property | PVC or modacrylic | Plant-based | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base material | Bioengineered from plant-based materials | Polyvinyl chloride or modacrylic | Processed cellulosic fiber |
| Designed for skin contact | Yes. Weeks of scalp contact | No. Made for pipe, flooring, and textiles | No. Made for rope and woven textiles |
| Carries ingredients | Yes, across the install | No | No |
| Scalp barrier | Less moisture loss than PVC in trial | Sheds compounds under heat and sweat | Not established |
| Clinical testing | 58 participants, 0 adverse events. Split-head efficacy trial, 2 to 1 comfort preference | Not disclosed | Not disclosed |
| Third-party chemistry | SGS, 75 analytes, none detected. Prop 65 pass | Not disclosed | Not disclosed |
| Manufacturing | United States, FDA-registered facilities | Typically imported | Typically imported |
| Regulatory status | FDA GRAS-listed materials | Not disclosed on packaging | Not disclosed on packaging |
Nourie never sits on a shelf under its own name.
It appears inside a partner's product, the way Kanekalon appears on a pack of braiding hair today. Your brand carries the front of the pack. Nourie carries the fiber, the clinical work, and the test reports you can cite.