TAGS: Sustainability / Natural Cosmetics in-cosmetics
LANXESS presented its significantly expanded portfolio of cosmetics and care products for the first time at the leading trade fair in-cosmetics global, which took place in Paris from 5-7 April 2022.
The specialty chemicals company offers high-quality solutions that make these products safer, more sustainable, and better performing. The preservatives, fragrances, and multifunctional and active ingredients are available under the brands Purox, Kalama, Purolan, Solbrol, and Saltidin.
Focused on Skin-friendly Formulations
The Flavors & Fragrances (F&F) business unit, which LANXESS established following the acquisition of Emerald Kalama Chemical in August 2021, presented itself for the first time. The company combines in this business unit the acquired portfolio and expertise with existing LANXESS solutions for the manufacture of cosmetic products, formerly distributed by e.g. LANXESS Distribution GmbH.
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Our new flavors & fragrances business is focused on enabling our customers to create formulations that meet the demand for sustainable, skin-friendly, and robustly preserved products,” explained Holger Hueppeler, head of the F&F business unit.
“We achieve this by offering high purity, consumer-friendly ingredients, coupled with advanced technical and regulatory expertise. We help our customers to optimize their formulations and stay ahead of new consumer trends.”
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The acquired offerings complement our business perfectly. We are backward integrated into benzoic acid and benzaldehyde, assuring our customers of superior availability, as well as cost and time advantages. We are the only manufacturer that has sites on three continents, where production is carried out according to the highest industry standards,” Hueppeler stressed.
Sustainable Solutions for Trend-forward Products
LANXESS offers a comprehensive range from a single source to ensure products are properly preserved throughout their life cycle while meeting requirements for sustainability, labeling, and specific formulation types.
Kalama,
Purox, and
Solbrol benzoate antimicrobials preserve personal care products with a pH of up to 6.5. They are non-irritating to the skin, high purity, nature-identical, readily biodegradable, and approved for use under green label programs, such as Ecocert COSMOS and Nordic Swan. F&F’s preservative range also includes many other chemistries, such as 100-percent renewable blends.
These antimicrobials are often used in combination with multifunctional and synergists, such as Purolan glycols and
Kalama aromatic alcohols , which can enhance preservation robustness, deliver multiple performance characteristics and help to shorten INCI (International Nomenclature Cosmetic Ingredients) lists. F&F’s portfolio of multifunctional also includes Purolan isoparaffins, which are used as high purity alternatives to silicones and improve skin feel, spreadability, and conditioning.
LANXESS’s flavor and fragrance ingredients include cinnamic, linear aldehydes, benzyl products, and florosol. The product range in the new LANXESS portfolio includes more than 30 aroma chemicals. These offerings are high purity, consistent, nature identical and provide earthy, floral, fruity, cinnamic, or woody notes.
Optimizing Clean Labels with Multifunctionals
A technical seminar was held at in-cosmetics on “A swiss-army knife multifunctional for cosmetic formulations” which was presented by Matthias Kunze, business development manager for the F&F business unit in EMEA.
The presentation provided guidance on how manufacturers can utilize multifunctionals to optimize personal care formulations, with the objectives to boost preservation and performance, shorten INCI lists and meet consumer demand for clean labels.
Saltidin: Proven Active Ingredient for Efficient Insect Repellency
Saltigo GmbH, a wholly-owned subsidiary of LANXESS, is one of the leading suppliers in the field of custom synthesis. The company also showcased its globally proven insect repellent active ingredient at the booth. The active ingredient was of interest not only to the producers of insect repellents but also to suppliers of cosmetic and pharmaceutical formulations who wanted to expand their product portfolio with a valuable health protection product.
Saltidin, with the international non-proprietary name Icaridin (Picaridin), does not harm the insect population as it is not an insecticide. This active ingredient merely repels pests by effectively acting on the insects' sense of smell in a way that is not disturbing to humans. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommend using insect repellents containing EPA-approved active ingredients such as Icaridin to protect against mosquito bites and associated transmittable diseases.
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Saltidin is a very balanced product that is effective against a broad spectrum of insects and ticks. The active ingredient offers a remarkable combination of efficacy and skin compatibility, as well as safety for consumers and the environment,” emphasizes Dr. Nora Hofmann, global business manager Saltidin at Saltigo GmbH.
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Public awareness of various mosquito and tick-borne diseases, as well as the increasing need for protection against these blood-sucking anthropods due to climate change, is expected to drive the global growth of the insect repellent market. We want to participate in this and grow with our customers," adds Dr. Christoph Schaffrath, head of marketing & sales at Saltigo.
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