On 6 November 2023, the EU Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS) issued its final safety opinion (SCCS/1657/23) on water-soluble zinc salts for use in oral hygiene products. Preliminary comments on water-soluble zinc salts for use in oral hygiene products were issued on July 4, 2023.

The final conclusions are as follows:

SCCS calculated the total exposure to water-soluble zinc salts at a concentration of 1% in toothpaste and in the diet and concluded that zinc is safe to use in toothpaste, except in children under 1 year of age, where the intake exceeds the upper limit level.

For children aged six months to one year, SCCS recommends using a concentration of no more than 0.72 per cent of soluble zinc salts such as zinc in toothpaste.

At the same time, 0.1% zinc in mouthwash is safe for users over the age of six.

The safety of raw materials has attracted more and more attention.

Anhui Newman Fine Chemicals Co., Ltd is the top leading manufacturer of carbomer. As rheology modifier and excipients for pharmaceuticals fields, our carbomer is safer, meeting the requirements of major pharmacopoeia such as Chinese Pharmacopoeia 2020, USA Pharmacopoeia USP/NF, European Pharmacopoeia EP, British Pharmacopoeia BP, India Pharmacopoeia IP, Japanese Pharmaceutical Excipients JPE and other relevant regulations. Except e cosmetics grade carbomers, such as NM-Carbomer 960, carbomer 970,, but also improved carbomer such as NM-Carbomer 20, 2020, 21, 1342, 1382 with INCI Name: Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer.

Also, we launched carbomer for pharmaceuticals and oral care products below information, such as Carbomer homopolymer: carbomer homopolymer type A such as NM-Carbomer 971P, NM-Carbomer 974P, 934P, and Carbomer Copolymer: carbomer copolymer such as NM-Carbomer 1342G, and 1382G,and Carbomer interpolymer: Carbomer interpolymer such as NM-Carbomer 10G.

All these carbomer as excipients meet the requirements of major pharmacopoeia such as Chinese Pharmacopoeia 2020, US Pharmacopoeia USP/NF, European Pharmacopoeia EP, British Pharmacopoeia BP and other relevant regulations.

Benefits of NM-Carbomers application for oral care products

Using NM-Carbomers as binders in toothpaste formulations can result in an aesthetically pleasing paste or gel with low thixotropy and a high yield value. They are highly efficient and cost-effective and are successfully used in a variety of commercially available toothpaste products including whitening, desensitizing, and baking soda with peroxide toothpastes, which demonstrates their versatility and functionality in a wide variety of formulations.