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US 12,766,085 B2Granted
Emulsifier composition for personal care formulation
AssigneeLubrizol Advanced Materials, Inc.
InventorsJuan Cebrián Puche, Laure Dupin, Josep Lluís Viladot Petit, Pedro Guardeño Mingueza, Mariona Casanovas Gassó
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Abstract
An emulsifier composition includes microcrystalline cellulose; at least one biogum of microbial origin; and, optionally, at least one cellulose ether or derivative thereof. Emulsions and personal care formulations including the emulsifier composition, methods of preparing the emulsifier composition, and a method of using the emulsifier composition to stabilize an emulsion which includes an oil phase and a water phase are also described.
Claims7
An emulsifier composition comprising:
- a) from 30 to 75 wt. % of microcrystalline cellulose;
- b) from 20 to 75 wt. % of at least one biogum of microbial origin;
- and
- c) from 5 to 15 wt. % of at least one cellulose ether or derivative thereof selected from the group consisting of methyl cellulose, ethyl cellulose, hydroxyethyl cellulose, hydroxyethylmethyl cellulose, methylhydroxyethyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl cellulose, hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose, carboxymethyl cellulose, sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, and mixtures thereof,
- wherein all weight percentages are based on the total weight of the emulsifier composition;
- wherein the at least one biogum of microbial origin comprises diutan gum;
- and
- wherein the weight ratio of (a):(b):(c) is from 3 to 6 (a), from 1 to 10 (b), and (c) is 1.
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