Knowde Enhanced TDS
Identification & Functionality
- INCI Name
- Cosmetic Ingredients Functions
- Technologies
Features & Benefits
- Benefit Claims
- Labeling Claims
- Product Benefits
- Broad spectrum cosmetic preservative
- Efficacy booster for antimicrobials
- Antimicrobials stabilizer in combination with other cosmetic ingredients.
- Globally approved
- Stable at high temperature & pH
- Effective in acidic pH
- Moisturizer and emollient
- Mode of Action
New AE ProTek® Plus effectively reduces the surface tension of water, thus the wetting of surface is improved. This phenomenon makes the mixture of phenoxyethanol and ethylhexylglycerin very effective in penetrating the cell membranes of microorganisms resulting in optimized antimicrobial efficacy.
- Microbiological Efficacy
New AE ProTek® Plus has a broad spectrum efficacy against Gram Positive, Gram Negative, Yeast, and Fungi.
Applications & Uses
- Markets
- Applications
- Skin Care Applications
- Use Level
- 0.8 - 1.0%
- User Guide
- Emulsions: Use at the level of 0.8% to 1.0%, New AE ProTek® Plus can be added both in the hot or cold stages of production.
- Clear Solutions: New AE ProTek® Plus is highly soluble at levels up to 2.0% and therefore can make clear products.
- Wet wipes: New AE ProTek® Plus offers good preservation results at 0.8% to 1.0% use levels.
Properties
- Physical Form
- Odor
- Characteristic
- Appearance
- Clear to yellowish liquid
- Typical Properties
- Physico-Chemical Properties
- Microbiological Values
| Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
| pH Range | max. 12 | — | — |
| Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
| Viscosity (Brookfield RVT) | 68 | mPa s | — |
| Density | approx 1.09 | g/ml | — |
| Flash Point | min. 100 | ºC | DIN 51 758 |
| Refractive Index | approx. 1.53 | — | — |
| Vapour Pressure (at 25°C) | <1 hPa | hPa | — |
| Water Solubility (at 25ºC / 60ºC) | approx. (10 / 15) | g/L | — |
| Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
| Aspergillus niger | min. 0.4 | % | — |
| Burkholderia cepacia | min. 0.6 | % | — |
| Candida albican | min. 0.4 | % | — |
| Enterobacter cloacae | min. 0.5 | % | — |
| Escherichia coli | min. 0.6 | % | — |
| Klebisella pneumonia | min. 0.5 | % | — |
| Penicillium funiculosum | min. 0.4 | % | — |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | min. 0.7 | % | — |
| Pseudomonas fluorescens | min. 0.6 | % | — |
| Pseudomonas putida | min. 0.6 | % | — |
| Staphylococcus aureus | min. 0.5 | % | — |
| Staphylococcus epidermidis | min. 0.5 | % | — |
Regulatory & Compliance
- Chemical Inventories
- Worldwide Approval
Approved for use in Japan, Canada, and Australia