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Preservation
Preservation
Sharon Personal Care Introduces AquaVita, Vitamin-based Multifunctional Preservation Platform
The range is based on niacinamide (vitamin B3), enhanced to turn it into a mild, green, safe and sustainable antimicrobial preservation solution, per the company.
Event Coverage
9 Top Trends + 30 Beauty Insights from in-cosmetics Global 2024
Companies
Inolex Issued European Patent for Multifunctionals, Announces Spectrastat CHA Chelating Agent
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Preservation
Inolex's SystemSpectrastat GHL Natural Combines Multifunctional Ingredients for Self-preserving Formulations
Applications of the ingredient include sensitive skin, facial care and baby care due to the mildness of caprylhydroxamic acid and glyceryl heptanoate.
Sponsored
PrimalHyal™ 50 Life, the virtuous revolution for Hyaluronic Acid
PrimalHyal™ 50 Life, the virtuous revolution for Hyaluronic Acid and the skin barrier. Givaudan Active Beauty unveils PrimalHyal™ 50 Life, a transformational sustainability breakthrough in Hyaluronic Acid production.
Videos
[video] 4 Novel Effective Antimicrobial Compounds on IFRA's Transparency List
In this interview from the IFSCC 2023 poster session, Shoko Hamada, of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., explains her research exploring antibacterial and antiviral properties of compounds on IFRA's transparency list, uncovering four with promising effects.
Preservation
Lanxess Offers Sustainable Protection with Neolone BioG Preservative
The preservative offers broad-spectrum activity against gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria, yeasts and molds. The preservative is stable in a pH range of 3 to 6.
Preservation
Clariant Launches Phenoxetol SG, 100% Bio-ethanol for Antimicrobial Use
With a renewable carbon index (RCI) of 25%, it carries the same chemical properties as its fossil counterpart, helping to keep the reformulation efforts to a minimum, per the company.
Preservation
The Preservative Quagmire
In this commentary, consultant Steve Schnittger, Ph.D., previously the vice president of global microbiology and fermentation in R&D for the Estée Lauder Cos., shares his thoughts and suggestions about preservation — a major pain point for the industry.
Preservation
Versatile, Nature-derived Preservation
For 32 years, Pioneering Green Preservative-Like actions, Campo Plantservative is proven to be effective against a broad spectrum of microbials, viruses, fungal, endospores, and molds.
Audio
[podcast] The Bigger Issue Behind Microbial Contamination
Many cosmetic recalls in the U.S. relate to microbial contamination but not for the reason you might think. Here, experts from the Univ. of Cincinnati and PCPC explain why it's more than alternative preservatives to blame. Listen now. It's free.
Safety
Endocrine Disruptors in the EU, SCCS Opinions and NGO Pressure to Crack Down
From November 2022–February 2023, organizations in seven European Union member states tested 121 products and found bisphenols of high concern in 47 of them, per Chemical Watch. NGOs are urging regulators to impose stricter regulation on all bisphenols.
Preservation
IFF-Lucas Meyer's IBR-Chill Biomimics Meditation
The company screened plants indigenous to the Israeli desert for their capacity to block the key stress receptor in the skin, which led to the development of IBR-Chill.
Preservation
Vytrus Biotech Launches Quora Noni Biomics, Wins Cosmetorium Awards for Purple Rain
Vytrus presented the reversing of microbiota aging at the 2022 Cosmetorium trade show in Barcelona with Quora Noni Biomics.