Home Cosmetic Science Talk Formulating General Raw material claim Threshold

  • Raw material claim Threshold

    Posted by Chemist5000 on December 22, 2017 at 6:42 pm

    I am making a product where everything is suppose to be water based and “natural” (no parabens, glycols, glycerins, no PEGs…etc)… 

    If I use extracts that have a bases like glycerin, BG, PG, sunflower oil, etc… can you still make the natural claim? Is there a threshold to making the claim of no glycerins even if you use an extract that may have a small amount of glycerin?

    Chemist5000 replied 6 years, 4 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  • OldPerry

    Member
    December 22, 2017 at 6:51 pm

    If you claim “no glycerin” then the amount of glycerin you can use is 0%.  Otherwise you would be making a false claim and that is not allowed in advertising.

    You can make a natural claim if you like no matter what you use. It has no definition.  Although you’ll want to stay away from “all natural” or 100% natural as the FTC has recently cracked down on those claims.

    There are lots of brands out there that pretend to be natural while still using synthetic ingredients. In fact, I can’t think of a single brand that is actually all natural. Cosmetics do not exist in nature. To make them you have to process them.

  • Chemist5000

    Member
    December 22, 2017 at 8:05 pm

    Thank you so much.
     :) 

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