Oral care product and methods of use and manufacture thereof
AssigneeColgate-Palmolive Company
InventorsJeffrey Merl Miller, Venda Porter Maloney, Donghui Wu, Adam Pepperney, Hongwei Shen, Vyoma Patel, Chi-Yuan Cheng
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Abstract
This invention relates to a dual phase mouthwash comprising a hydrophilic phase, a hydrophobic phase, and a hydrotrope, wherein the hydrophilic phase comprises an effective amount of a preservative selected from potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate, benzyl alcohol, and a combination thereof, and CPC and a monovalent acid, as well as to methods of using and of making such compositions.
Claims17
A dual phase mouthwash comprising
- a hydrophilic phase;
- a hydrophobic phase;
- a hydrotrope;
- an effective amount of a preservative comprising the combination of potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate, and benzyl alcohol;
- cetyl pyridinium chloride (CPC);
- and an acid selected from hydrochloric acid, phosphoric acid, and combinations thereof, wherein the preservatives are present in amounts by weight of the mouthwash:
- potassium sorbate 0.01-0.5%;
- sodium benzoate 0.01-0.5%;
- benzyl alcohol 0.01-1%.
A dual phase mouthwash comprising a hydrophilic phase, a hydrophobic phase, a hydrotrope, about 0.1% potassium sorbate by weight of the mouthwash, about 0.1% sodium benzoate by weight of the mouthwash, and about 0.5% benzyl alcohol by weight of the mouthwash, CPC, one or more flavors, and phosphoric acid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.