Re: Burt's Bees--Preservatives

[Guest guest]

Burts Bees is either putting it in and not listing it, my guess or not

putting it in at all. As for being legal there is a lot of not legal things

that go on all the time. Just because it is not legal does not mean someone

won't do it. Yes, you do need a preservative in anything that contains

water in any amount. There are lots of different preservatives so you need

to do a little research on which work best in your application.

www.lotioncrafter.com has information on a lot of them.

Chris

> Okay, Just a curiosity here.

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> I have been looking at preservatives, different products etc for lotions.

Now, it's been drilled into me head that lotions=preservatives. It's

important.

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> So I've been looking at Burts Bees products. They are very very popular.

I see no synthetic preservatives listed in their lotion products. In fact I

could find no preservatives listed at all. I spoke with a representative

who could not answer me about preservatives.

>

> So now I am wondering what is up with this? Aren't we supposed to use

preservatives in our lotions. I noticed that the first ingredient listed in

their products was water. So doesn't that mean a preservative is needed?

>

> Is it legal to list everything but preservatives and just make it appear

as if there are not preservatives? I mean most preservatives for lotions

are under a certain percentage, so is it possible that on some products it's

just not mentioned?

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> I'm just a little confused about all this. Preservatives are vital

correct?

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>

[Guest guest]

> Is it legal to list everything but preservatives and just make it

appear as if there are not preservatives? I mean most preservatives

for lotions are under a certain percentage, so is it possible that on

some products it's just not mentioned?

The FDA does not require that any ingredient that is less than one

percent of the product be listed, so perhaps that is the answer --

their preservative is less than one percent. Very possible.

Anya

http://anyamccoy.com

[Guest guest]

> Is it legal to list everything but preservatives and just make it

appear as if there are not preservatives? I mean most preservatives

for lotions are under a certain percentage, so is it possible that on

some products it's just not mentioned?

The FDA does not require that any ingredient that is less than one

percent of the product be listed, so perhaps that is the answer --

their preservative is less than one percent. Very possible.

Anya

http://anyamccoy.com

[Guest guest]

> Is it legal to list everything but preservatives and just make it

appear as if there are not preservatives? I mean most preservatives

for lotions are under a certain percentage, so is it possible that on

some products it's just not mentioned?

The FDA does not require that any ingredient that is less than one

percent of the product be listed, so perhaps that is the answer --

their preservative is less than one percent. Very possible.

Anya

http://anyamccoy.com