Colgate Palmolive Company

Catherine Lewus

Kimdra Smith-Webster

Evangelia S Arvanitidou

Evangelia Arvanitidou

Gregory Szewczyk

Sarita Vera Mello

Rensl Dillon

Jason Nesta

Christine Cuiule

Laurence Du-Thumm

Rehana Begum-Gafur

Mark Vandeven

Sarita Mello

Provided herein is a cost-effective and potent preservative system for a composition comprising a salicylate salt and a benzoate salt in an amount of from 0.2 weight % to 0.5 weight % by total weight of the composition and in a molar ratio of salicylate to benzoate of 1:6 to 1:1.2, wherein the composition has a pH of 5 or less. Further provided herein is a method of using a combination of a salicylate salt and a benzoate salt in a preservative system in a composition, and a method of preserving a composition.

Preservative system

This invention relates to a dual phase mouthwash comprising a hydrophilic phase, a hydrophobic phase, and a hydrotrope, wherein the hydrophilic phase comprises an effective amount of a preservative selected from methylisothiazolinone, sodium benzoate, potassium sorbate, and combinations thereof, as well as to methods of using and of making such compositions.

Oral care product and methods of use and manufacture thereof

This invention relates to a mouthwash comprising an aqueous solution of an effective amount of a basic amino acid, in free or salt form together with an effective amount of a preservative selected from methylisothiazolinone (MIT), benzyl alcohol, phenoxyethanol, and combinations thereof; as well as to methods of using and of making such compositions.

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Denville, NJ, United States of America

Catherine Lewus