Household, Health and Beauty Products Deformulation

Health and beauty products, including fragrances, makeup, hair care and coloring products, sunscreen, toothpaste, bathing, nail care, etc. are necessities in people's daily lives. Household detergent are products specially formulated for cleaning. The form of household, health and beauty products usually presents as powder, block, paste, putty and liquid etc. Household, health and beauty products including gels, lotions, creams, ointments, detergents and surfactant are generally mixtures of chemicals which are synthetics or active ingredients extracted from nature plants. The detergents, mainly consisting of surfactants, dispersant and additives, can be divided into heavy-duty detergents and light-duty detergents according to the type of dirt removal.

Deformulation of household, health and beauty products provides specific information about the chemical composition and interaction of the product to help identify chemicals, substances or materials contained. It assists in making decisions regarding product innovation, quality control as well as exploring areas of patent infringement or investigating lawsuits upon patent expiration. We can provide detailed data to facilitate the understanding of various components in a formulation, which can explain how each component interacts and performs.

What information can deformulation or reverse engineering provide?

• Major and minor ingredients in ppm or ppb level

• Active and inactive ingredients

• Organic and inorganic materials

• Identifying hazards material within the product

Deformulation studies typically involve a lot of advanced analytical instruments, such as gas chromatography/flame ionization detection (GC/FID), mass spectroscopy (MS), high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), ion chromatography (IC), Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), Ultraviolet/visible spectroscopy (UV/VIS), induced coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and so on, together with optimized extraction and separation methods.

With leading analysis technology and experienced experts, Alfa Chemistry have successfully performed deformulation studies on household, health and beauty products including gels, lotions, creams, ointments, detergents and more. Our scientists are always ready to help whenever you need us. If you have any problems regarding household, health and beauty products deformulation projects, please contact with us without hesitation.