Preservative Ingredients or Chemicals
Description of Preservatives
What are preservatives? Preservatives come in many different varieties and in IngreCore’s definition, these are natural or synthetic ingredients that prevent decomposition by microbial growth. This means physical preservation, such as drying is not included. Chemical preservation by chemical preservatives or natural preservatives with antimicrobial properties prevents or slows degradation by bacteria, yeasts and/or molds.
Food Preservation
It is common knowledge that food products are at risk of expiring and therefore need physical preservation (eg refrigeration or food packaging). Another way of food preservation is by using food additives, which are added to canned foods, processed meats or soft drinks to name a few applications. These food preservatives extend the freshness of food and help to lengthen the shelf life, slowing or preventing changes in the look, feel and smell of the food products.
Personal Care Preservatives
Much the same thing is true for formulations in Personal Care, Cleaning, Pharmaceutical and many other industries. Personal Care products like toothpaste, creams, sunscreens, shampoo, and especially decorative cosmetics require careful preservation to keep the product from spoiling by bacteria, molds or yeasts. IngreCore’s extensive range of antimicrobial ingredients for chemical preservation consists of various natural preservatives (e.g., Epsilon Polylysine), nature identical preservatives (e.g., Ingragard BDA), chemical preservatives (e.g., Diazolidinyl Urea), and preservative blends (e.g., Ingrephen PBD or Preservidant MCMI). Most of these natural or chemical preservatives are multi-submarket, meaning that hair product preservatives can also be used for skin care or body care products and that specific preservatives for hair products only are not very common.