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Caprylyl Glycol Global Fortifying Enhancement System for Personal Care Products
 
 

Enhansys is a new line of tailored personal care ingredients that fortify your formulations and at the same time help you to achieve a number of challenging formulation goals.  These alternative approaches protect your formulations from manufacturing to the shelf, while at the same time enhancing formulation performance.
                             
Enhansys is a versatile and cost effective approach for fortifying and enhancing Personal Care product formulations. Use Enhansys for the formulation performance functionalities of conditioning, moisturization, thickening, stabilizing and pH control, in place of traditional ingredients-and find that traditional preservatives are not needed. Enhansysfortified formulations are self-preserving systems that enable a high level of protection against in-package biodegradation resulting from manufacturing contamination, process water, raw materials and/or environment.

Enhansys CG series are functional ingredients and systems built around Caprylyl Glycol that bring a wide range of benefits to Personal Care formulations.

Enhansys™ CG-100 – is 100% active Caprylyl Glycol, an effective Skin and Hair Conditioning Agent, is widely regarded as an effective emollient base. CG-100 functions as a conditioning ingredient, wetting agent, viscosity modifier and biological stabilizer alternative to traditional preservatives.


Typical Properties
Appearance @RT Clear colorless to light yellow liquid/White solid
Boiling Point @10mmHg 131-132˚C
Melting Point 36-38˚C
Purity (GC) 98% Minimum

Typical Use Levels/Conditions

0.3% - 2.0%

Optimal formulation pH range 3 – 9
 
Handling Information

Refer to the Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) available from Mason Chemical Company for information on the safe use, handling and disposal of this product.

 
Features
Benefits
Multifunctional Enhancements
No Conventional Preservatives
Fortifying
Storage and Shelf-Life Stability, Inhibits Biodegradation
Fortifying
Self Preserving Formulations
No Animal Testing
No Special Labeling
No Conventional Preservatives
Easier to Navigate Global Regulations

Color/Odor/Bio-Fouling Formulation Stability Testing
Formulations
Initial
1 Month @ 35˚C
Color Change
Odor Change
Bio-fouling
Color Change
Odor Change
Bio-fouling

Control Formulation/No Enhansys

No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes

Control Formulation/2.0%
Enhansys CG-100

No
No
No
No
No
No


Note: Biodegradation/Bio-fouling/Spoilage of formulations can be caused from poor quality water, raw materials and/or environment.

Enhansys™ CG-100 is a functional ingredient:
Caprylyl Glycol CAS# 1117-86-8, EINECS# 214-254-7

Refer to Material Safety Data Sheet for Handling and Safety Information and Toxicology Summary.

 
       
  PJL V.051107    
 
 
 
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