Preservatives

#alltheingredients: TRIstat SDHA FCC, NF preservative (INCI: Sodium dehydroacetate)

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I’ve been very kindly sent three new preservatives from Voyageur Soap & Candle, and thought I’d share these with you to give you more options for all your product makin’ needs! As with everything on this site, this is not an ad, sponsored content, or anything that might benefit me financially, like affiliate links. I’m...

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What are those? Product protecting or product protection ingredients?

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Six plastic bottles containing preservatives sit atop a metal plate on a digital scale

What are product protecting ingredients or product protection ingredients? These are ingredients you add to your formula to keep them safe. They prevent contamination, prevent or stop microbial growth, reduce the speed of oxidation in our ingredients, bind any metals – all of which lead to more stability and a longer shelf life. This category...

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#alltheingredients: Jeecide® CAP-7 (INCI: Caprylyl Glycol (and) Glyceryl Laurate (and) Glyceryl Undecylenate) – broad spectrum preservative

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Jeecide® CAP-7 (INCI: Caprylyl Glycol (and) Glyceryl Laurate (and) Glyceryl Undecylenate) is a natural, clear colourless liquid broad spectrum preservative we can use in all kinds of products, including naturally compliant, “preservative free”, and “clean” beauty products! Let’s take a closer look at it and how we might use it in our products. As a...

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Q&A: Germall Plus new regulations? Nooooo! Information on how the SCCS in the EU has altered their threshold for free formaldehyde

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Six plastic bottles containing preservatives sit atop a metal plate on a digital scale

In this month’s Q&A, Anca shared, Germall Plus New Regulations. Noooooo! I just learned about new regulations by the Scientific Committee for Consumer Safety (SCCS) for formaldehyde releasing preservatives. According to them, the substances affected are: Diazolidinyl Urea; Dimethyl Oxazolidine; DMDM Hydantoin; 7-Ethylbicyclooxazolidine; Hexetidine; Imidazolidinyl Urea; Methenamine and Sodium Hydroxymethylglycinatethat. They now mandate that any product...

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Honeycomb’s Big! vanilla, honey & ginger gentle foaming hand cleanser (part two) – choosing our preservatives

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Welcome back to this short series on making Honeycomb’s Big! vanilla, honey & ginger gentle foaming hand cleanser with Plantapon® SF and Lamesoft® PO 65 along with all kinds of hydrosols, botanical extracts, and humectants. You can find part one of this series by clicking here now! INSERT Let’s look at preservatives and such! In...

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