Colgate Palmolive Company

Fernanda C Correa

Paulo Focassio

Tatiana Cinquetti

Enzo Utima

Sandra Pereira Ramos

Tilo Poth

Marcella F Mourao

Odete Tieko Yamane

Luiz Alberto Goncalves Filho

Rosangela Takako Morisita

Debora Pedroso

Disclosed herein are oral care compositions comprising: an orally acceptable vehicle comprising greater than about 50 wt. % water; and a preservative system comprising: benzyl alcohol, benzoic acid or a salt of benzoic acid; and an alkylene glycol. Methods of making and using these compositions are also described herein.

Preservative systems for oral care compositions

Disclosed herein are striped dentifrice compositions stable to color bleeding comprising at least one zinc ion source and a thickening system comprising xanthan gum present in the composition in an amount ranging from about 0.3% to about 1% by weight and carboxymethyl cellulose present in the composition in an amount ranging from about 1% to about 2% by weight. Further disclosed herein are methods for cleaning the surface of a tooth comprising applying the striped dentifrice compositions stable to color bleeding as disclosed herein.

Striped dentifrice composition comprising zinc

Disclosed herein are improved oral care formulations comprising precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC) and preservative combinations selected from the group consisting of i) phenethyl alcohol and caprylyl glycol, and ii) benzyl alcohol and caprylyl glycol. Methods of making and using the compositions are also provided.

Oral care compositions and methods of use

A method is disclosed for the manufacture of a toothpaste containing an ingredient mixture of a calcium carbonate abrasive, a thickener and an aqueous humectant wherein there is sequentially added the calcium carbonate abrasive dispersed in a high solids aqueous dispersion containing 50 to 80% by weight calcium carbonate to the aqueous humectant and thereafter adding the binder and binding the ingredients before any further ingredients are added to the mixture to produce the toothpaste.

Method for the manufacture of toothpaste

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S. Paulo, Brazil

Fernanda C Correa