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  C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate as “Oil Free”

  Posted by ZivBA on August 25, 2016 at 9:16 am

  Hello can someone tell me if C12-15 alkyl benzoate consider “Oil Free”?

  Can you send me a certificate for that?

  Thanks 

  ZivBA replied 8 years, 6 months ago 5 Members · 5 Replies
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  Bobzchemist

  Member

  August 26, 2016 at 3:03 pm

  1) It all depends on how you define “Oil”.

  2) No.

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  Chemist77

  Member

  August 26, 2016 at 5:07 pm

  From my basic knowledge what I have seen is that certain products claimed oil free when they skipped mineral oil, oblivious to any such certificate though.

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  Christopher

  Member

  August 26, 2016 at 7:39 pm

  Most of the formulas I see that are advertised as oil free refer to vegetable oils.

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  Bill_Toge

  Professional Chemist / Formulator

  August 26, 2016 at 8:02 pm

  given that it mixes quite freely with oils, I don’t think you could claim that it’s genuinely oil-free

  not with a straight face, anyway

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  ZivBA

  Member

  August 28, 2016 at 4:23 am

  Thanks for the answers.

  I’m looking for the claim “Oil Free” in a sunscreen cream.

  The thing is that you need “Oil” to solubilize the Avobenzone & Benzophenone 3.

  I have a formulation that passed al tests for “Broad Spectrum SPF 50+”,

  and now they looking for “Oil Free” Claim on the label…..

  Chemist77 , Bill_Toge  thanks, I think I’ll go with your answer and try to pass it.

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