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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2013
Colgate-palmolive Company, New York, NY (US);
Catherine Lewus, Denville, NJ (US);
Laurence D. Du-Thumm, Princeton, NJ (US);
Rehana Begum-Gafur, Belleville, NJ (US);
Kimdra Smith-Webster, Williamstown, NJ (US);
Mark Vandeven, Morristown, NJ (US);
Colgate-Palmolive Company, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
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.