Guest guest Posted April 9, 2002 Report Share Posted April 9, 2002 Hi all. I need to find out what kind of preservatives to use in a milk based lotion I'm going to make, any hints or suggestions? thanks Barb --- wrote: > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 9, 2003 Report Share Posted July 9, 2003 Hi , First, Vitamin E is NOT a preservative, it is an antioxidant. It will help to prolong the shelf life of butters and oils, but does NOTHING to protect your products from germs, bacteria, etc. Natural preservatives is a very touchy subject. IMHO, I would *never* put a water based product (or one that could have water introduced) on the market without a full spectrum chemical preservative. I think this comes from my science background (I'm a biologist). That said, if you do want a *natural* preservative, your best bet is probably potassium sorbate. Snowdrift farms carries it. HTH, in RI ----Original Message Follows---- From: <phluphee@...> Reply- Subject: Re: Re: Perservatives Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2003 08:23:35 -0700 (PDT) <<<i would like to keep my products as natural as possible....i keep reading about vitamin e as a perservative....could i use this....are there any other natural ones that i could use>>>> _________________________________________________________________ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 9, 2003 Report Share Posted July 9, 2003 Thanks! Re: Re: Perservatives Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2003 08:23:35 -0700 (PDT) <<<i would like to keep my products as natural as possible....i keep reading about vitamin e as a perservative....could i use this....are there any other natural ones that i could use>>>> _________________________________________________________________ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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