Aloe Vera Juice & EU Regulations

braveheartbraveheart Member
in Cosmetic Industry
I just want to ask if you are using Aloe Vera Juice and no water in a formulation, do you need the preservative (microbiological) efficacy testing (PET) or just the standard cosmetic product safety report (CPSR)?

Is Aloe Vera juice not classified into the same category as water?
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  • ashishashish Member
    Preservatives are necessary here as Aloe vera is from natural source.
  • PerryPerry Administrator, Professional Chemist
    Aloe Vera Juice is mostly water.
    Learn to formulate cosmetics
  • BobzchemistBobzchemist Member, PCF student
    There's a very simple rule - if you are selling something commercially, you ALWAYS need to have a PET run. No exceptions.
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  • MicroformulationMicroformulation Member, Professional Chemist
    As Perry stated, Aloe has a high water content. It in and of itself must be preserved and any product using Aloe Vera must have a broad spectrum preservative.
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  • braveheartbraveheart Member
    Thanks for all the contributions - much appreciated.
    and.....

    HAPPY 2016!!!
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