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Sucrose (Sugar), TEWL, Usefullness

Posted by Sponge on May 6, 2019 at 10:09 pm
Hi all,

I’m noticing sucrose more and more in moisturizing products. You all have far more experience and better access to resources so I’m wondering if you can help me out.
- How useful is sucrose as a humectant? (Any links, I’m happy to read)
- Usage rates for moisturizing products?
- Other considerations? Secondary uses?
- Anything else you find interesting (again, happy to read anything)
Sponge replied 4 years, 11 months ago 3 Members · 4 Replies
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Bill_Toge

Member
May 7, 2019 at 7:38 pm

two words: bug food

there are other, much lower-risk ingredients available
Microformulation

Member
May 7, 2019 at 8:10 pm

What INCI’s are you seeing? It may seem like a silly question, but there are many sucrose-based emulsifiers out there. The Sisterna line comes to mind.

https://www.ulprospector.com/documents/1341263.pdf?bs=6031&b=64307&st=1&sl=77924423&crit=a2V5d29yZDpbc2lzdGVybmFd&k=sisterna&r=na&ind=personalcare
Sponge

Member
May 9, 2019 at 2:06 am

Bill_Toge said:

two words: bug food

there are other, much lower-risk ingredients available

This is a good point. And I imagine a lot of stickiness, even at low levels.
Sponge

Member
May 9, 2019 at 2:07 am

Microformulation said:

What INCI’s are you seeing? It may seem like a silly question, but there are many sucrose-based emulsifiers out there. The Sisterna line comes to mind.

https://www.ulprospector.com/documents/1341263.pdf?bs=6031&b=64307&st=1&sl=77924423&crit=a2V5d29yZDpbc2lzdGVybmFd&k=sisterna&r=na&ind=personalcare

Yeah, I see various emulsifiers sometimes but at the moment I mean exclusively “sucrose”.

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