Use in "green" Applications
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Producers of personal care and cosmetic products try to incorporate into their formulas materials that are based on renewable resources. To keep the desirable properties of the petroleum based petroleum jelly (petrolatum), "hybrid petrolatums" are now being used in many applications. Hybrid petrolatum utilizes a complex mixture of vegetable oils and waxes and combines them with petroleum, micro wax based technologies. This allows a formulator to incorporate higher percentages of renewable resources while maintaining the beneficial properties of the petroleum jelly.
Due to the different chemical structure of vegetable based oils, producers of hybrid petrolatum must appropriately blend and match the correct petroleum and vegetable based materials in order to obtain a homogeneous mixture. This ensures the hybrid petrolatum will have compatibility comparable to a full, 100% petroleum based petroleum jelly when used in personal care, cosmetic, and other formulas.
It is also possible to make natural petroleum jelly alternative using beeswax and olive oil.
Read more about this topic: Petroleum Jelly
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