Oral product
AssigneeColgate-Palmolive Company
InventorsPhilip Pensak, Joseph P. Januszewski
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Abstract
A stable, visually clear, haze free, lemon oil containing flavored mouthwash free from unpleasant tasting lemon oil degradation components comprising water, lemon oil, nonionic surfactant, humectant and buffering agent.
Claims18
A stable, visually clear, haze free, lemon oil-containing flavored mouthwash free from unpleasant tasting lemon oil natural degradation components comprising from about 60 to about 95 percent by weight of water, about 0.01 to about 1.0 percent by weight of lemon oil, about 0.1 to about 5.0 percent by weight of a nonionic surfactant chosen from the group consisting of polyoxyethylene derivatives of sorbitan mono-, di- and tri-fatty acid esters wherein the fatty acid component has between 12 and 24 carbon atoms and the polyoxyethylene chains contain about 4 to about 30 ethylene oxide units and at least 40 percent by the molecular weight of the molecule is ethylene oxide, from 0 to about 25 percent by weight of a non-toxic alcohol, about 8 to 15 percent by weight humectant and a sufficient amount of a buffering agent to maintain a pH for said mouthwash of about 3.5 to about 7.0.
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