Personal and home care compositions comprising fatty acids from tung seed oil as antimicrobial preservative

A personal care composition consisting of 0.5 to 2% w/w of an unfractionated whole of fatty acids derived from Tung seed oil and one or more personal care ingredients,

• wherein at least about 80% of the unfractionated whole of fatty acids is α-eleostearic acid (ESA), and wherein the one or more personal care ingredients are selected from:
• a. 2 to 20% w/w of surfactants,
• b. 1 to 20% w/w of UV absorbers,
• c. 1 to 10% w/w of inorganic sunscreens,
• d. 1 to 10% w/w of hair and skin benefitting agents,
• e. an adjuvant,
• f. 0 to 10% w/w of other additives selected from pearlizers, rheology modifiers, silicones, gums, film formers, emulsifiers, hydrotropes, antimicrobial compounds, and chelating agents,
• g. water,
• or a combination thereof,
• wherein the unfractionated whole of fatty acids is obtained by saponification of Tung seed oil and isolation of fatty acids after acidifying the saponified Tung seed oil.