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ECO-Friendly Fortifying Enhancement System For Personal Care Products EPA Inert List
4B Minimal Risk Ingredients
 
 

Enhansys® newest line of tailored personal care systems are based on EPA Inert List 4B Minimal Risk Ingredients that economically fortify your formulations naturally and at the same time help you to achieve a number of challenging formulation goals.  These naturally-derived, Patent-Pending proprietary systems give you an alternative approach to protecting your formulations from manufacturing to the shelf, while at the same time enhancing formulation performance…eco-nomically.
                             
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. Enhansys® fortified 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® systems are clear liquids that function at low concentration and are fully compatible with nonionic, anionic, and cationic surfactants, emulsifiers and proteins.

Enhansys® ECO-4B is a patent-pending, cost effective fortifying system based on EPA Inert List 4B minimal risk ingredients that have been tested extensively in Food industry and to meet Personal Care regulatory standards.

- EPA Inert List 4B-Minimal Risk Inert Ingredients:
      Caprylic acid (Octanoic acid) is an effective vegetable fatty acid used has a surfactant-cleansing       agent.
      Lactic acid is an effective Skin-Conditioning Agent, Humectant and Exfoliant.
      Benzoic Acid is useful in pH control
- Most economical alternative system to conventional preservatives
- National Formulary and Food Chemicals Codex Ingredients
- Eco-friendly, Green Seal and Blue/Green Type Toxicology Profile
- Naturally-Derived
- Convenient easy to use Liquid


Typical Properties
Physical form

Water White, Liquid

pH 2.0 – 3.0
Storage Store between 0°C(32°F) and 32°C(90°F)

Typical Use Levels/Conditions

0.3% - 2.0%

pH≤7, optimal range 3 – 6.5

 
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.

 
Self Preserving Properties of Enhansys ECO-4B in Different Personal Care Formulations
Formulations
Formulations Physical Stability @ RT

Initial

1 week on Shelf
2 weeks on Shelf
1 Month on Shelf
3 Months on Shelf

Anionic Shampoo/
No Preservative

Stable
Unstable
Unstable
Unstable
Unstable

Anionic Shampoo/
1.5% Enhansys ECO-4B

Stable
Stable
Stable
Stable
Stable

Cationic Conditioner/
No Preservative

Stable
Unstable
Unstable
Unstable
Unstable

Cationic Conditioner/
1.0% Enhansys ECO-4B

Stable
Stable
Stable
Stable
Stable

Anionic Shampoo and Cationic Conditioner were both contaminated with P. aeruginosa, S. aureus, E. coli,
A. niger, and C. albicans
Unstable – Means Formulation had Bio-Fouling, Spoilage or Color Change
Stable – Means Formulation had no Bio-Fouling, Spoilage or Color Change

Features
Benefits
EPA Inert List 4B Ingredients

No Conventional Preservatives Such as Parabens, Formaldehyde Donors, Isothiazolinones

Economical System
Most cost-effective system on the market

Naturally-Derived, Vegetable Based

Eco-Friendly, Green Seal and Blue/Green Type Toxicology Profile

National Formulary(NF)/Food Chemicals Codex (FCC)

Ingredients meet or exceed specifications
Clear Amber Liquid
Ease of Use, Manufacturing Ease
GRAS Ingredients
Consumer Appeal, Safer Alternative
Fortifying
Self Preserving Formulations, Storage and Shelf-Life Stability, Inhibits Biodegradation
No Odor
Excellent for Low or No odor formulations
No Animal Testing
Excellent for Low or No odor formulations

No Conventional Preservatives
Such as Parabens, Formaldehyde Donors, Isothiazolinones

Easier to Navigate Global Regulations


INCI Name:
Caprylic acid (Octanoic acid), CAS# 124-07-2, EINECS# 204-677-5
Lactic acid, CAS# 50-21-5, EINECS# 200-018-0
Benzoic acid, CAS# 65-85-0, EINECS# 200-618-2

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

 
       
 

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