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Using water based flavorings
Hello! Need your help as I’m not chemist to decide it by myself. I Have testers of Dohler flavorings. Component list is- propylene glycol, ethanol, water. Now questions:
1. Can I use them in anhydrous balms and lip scrubs and body butters?
2. Can I use them in lotions? If yes in what phase should I add it?Thank you!
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4 Replies
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Hello Eugene,
As flavors they are usually treated like fragrances, you add them in the same way as the fragrance.
They may be compatible with lip scrubs (if the scrubbing agent is salt or sugar), but it might not dissolve in anything anhydrous. So you might consider adding a surfactant to help the dissolution.
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ChemicalPyros said:Hello Eugene,
As flavors they are usually treated like fragrances, you add them in the same way as the fragrance.
They may be compatible with lip scrubs (if the scrubbing agent is salt or sugar), but it might not dissolve in anything anhydrous. So you might consider adding a surfactant to help the dissolution.
Thank you for answer! And what about preservation? I don’t add preservative to lip scrubs, will this type flavor spoil it, if it is water based?
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It will depends on the water content, if you have a low water activity it will inhibit bacterial and fungal growth, if not a preservative is in order, but be very careful as lips are more sensitive than other areas, so the preservative should be very mild.
Flavors are usually light sensitive and may go bad with bacterial or fungal contamination. -
ChemicalPyros said:It will depends on the water content, if you have a low water activity it will inhibit bacterial and fungal growth, if not a preservative is in order, but be very careful as lips are more sensitive than other areas, so the preservative should be very mild.
Flavors are usually light sensitive and may go bad with bacterial or fungal contamination.Hmm, thank you. So it is better to choose oil based…
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