WILMINGTON, Del.—Ashland Specialty Ingredients, a commercial unit of Ashland Inc. and producer of sun care ingredients, will present the benefits of its broad-spectrum UV absorber at the Society of Cosmetic Chemists Sunscreen Symposium, Sept. 15 to 17 in Orlando, Fla. A technical poster outlining the efficiency and formulation-friendly attributes of bemotrizinol UVA and UVB absorber will be showcased at the symposium.
Research conducted on bemotrizinol in the past decade shows the UVA and UVB absorber is highly efficient and easy to incorporate in both daily- and beach-wear formulations. The technical poster, to be made available at the symposium, will show bemotrizinol is helpful to formulators of sunscreens as they seek to produce cosmetically elegant, broad-spectrum products in accordance with the new Sunscreen Monograph from FDA.
Ashland currently markets and sells the sunscreen absorber in Europe and other countries outside of the United States under the Escalol™ S bemotrizinol trade name. Technical and marketing personnel from Ashland will be available at the symposium to answer questions about the technology and to arrange samples for companies that wish to adopt the broad-spectrum protection technology in the United States immediately following FDA approval.
“Newly published FDA rules pertaining to sunscreen testing and labeling will prompt sun care product manufacturers to shift their formulating strategies in favor of the most efficient sunscreen technologies. Escalol S bemotrizinol is such a technology, offering effective protection in both the UVA and UVB ranges," said Anna Gripp, senior director, global marketing sun and skin, Ashland Specialty Ingredients.
“With so much market and regulatory attention focused on broad-spectrum protection, sunscreen manufacturers are expressing greater interest in novel, proven ingredients. The information in our poster will help formulators in their efforts to make excellent formulating decisions. Escalol S bemotrizinol draws interest from formulators everywhere because of its ease of use and effectiveness. We invite all symposium attendees to learn more about this unique UV absorber," said Gripp.
“Ashland’s poster will highlight the performance characteristics of this technology in the UV range of 290 nm to 400 nm, its effect on photostability of avobenzone in phenethyl benzoate, compatibility with many other commonly used sun care ingredients and additional benefits," said Hani Fares, senior director, skin care research, Ashland Specialty Ingredients.
