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  • What’s the downside of hydroxyacetophenone?

    Posted by zetein on October 15, 2021 at 1:56 am

    https://cir-safety.org/sites/default/files/hydace032021SLR.pdf

    Low irritation. Food additive. Natural claim. Preservative-free claim. High pKa. Not expensive. Big companies are using it more and more, effectiviness being verified. Can act as skin-conditioning agent and antioxidant…
    If something seems too good to be true, it probably is. What’s the downside of it? Why weren’t it rediscovered until recent years?
    Sincityfire replied 2 years, 7 months ago 4 Members · 3 Replies
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  • Abdullah

    Member
    October 15, 2021 at 2:02 am

    It is not cold processable. 
    It is not inexpensive. Price is 7x more that phenoxyethanol and 2x more than Paraben.

    I think it will be very popular in the future. 

  • Graillotion

    Member
    October 15, 2021 at 2:38 am

    I have been using it since almost the beginning….and it is in all formulas.  I view it as a preservative booster.  Since I do not use parabens or F releasers…I figured I would enhance my E9010 multiple other ways, Symsave H being one of them.

  • Sincityfire

    Member
    October 15, 2021 at 5:59 am

    One downside is that it has a smell but it’s not unpleasant

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