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Baby Safe Food Grade Preservative?
In another post I spoke about making a nipple balm for mothers during breastfeeding. I water to add a water based product but am hesitant due to me wanting the balm to be as baby safe as possible. I dont want the mother to feel she needs to wipe it off. Most balms are anhydrous which is great but if I want to add a water ingredient to it I know it would be safest to add a preservative. Most mommys dont use the balm past 30 days so maybe an antioxidant would be sufficient, but just in case…is their a food grade preservative I could use that would be safe if the baby happened to get some in their mouth during breastfeeding? Thank you
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Sodium Benzoate and Potassium sorbate are both used in food, but the pH has to be low (5.5 or lower is the typical recommendation). They have a maximum safe use limit set by CIR, and I would take extra precaution formulating to avoid any potential issues with infants. No customer will be more dangerous than a mom who thinks your product has harmed their child
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EVchem said:Sodium Benzoate and Potassium sorbate are both used in food, but the pH has to be low (5.5 or lower is the typical recommendation). They have a maximum safe use limit set by CIR, and I would take extra precaution formulating to avoid any potential issues with infants. No customer will be more dangerous than a mom who thinks your product has harmed their child
I def agree I have decided to keep it anhydrous
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