Aqua Glycerin Sodium Levulinate Sodium Anisate

TL;DR. This is a multifunctional preservation-support blend in a water and humectant carrier. It helps limit microbial growth while adding some moisture-binding and formula-stabilizing support.

What does Aqua Glycerin Sodium Levulinate Sodium Anisate do in a cosmetic formula?

This is a multifunctional preservation-support blend in a water and humectant carrier. It helps limit microbial growth while adding some moisture-binding and formula-stabilizing support.

Is Aqua Glycerin Sodium Levulinate Sodium Anisate clean?

This ingredient is generally well accepted in clean-beauty frameworks because it is low-sensitizing compared with many conventional preservative systems and has no major restricted-list friction. Performance is pH-dependent, so finished products still need proper preservation testing.

Is Aqua Glycerin Sodium Levulinate Sodium Anisate sustainable?

This material is typically made from water, a renewable or partly renewable humectant, and organic acid salts that can be sourced through plant-based or fermentation-linked routes. It is expected to be readily biodegradable and has low environmental persistence concerns.

Is Aqua Glycerin Sodium Levulinate Sodium Anisate COSMOS-approved?

It is permitted under COSMOS-natural and can fit COSMOS-organic formulas when the raw-material origin and documentation meet the standard. From a Green Chemistry perspective, it aligns well through biodegradability, relatively simple processing, and use of benign aqueous carriers.

How does Aqua Glycerin Sodium Levulinate Sodium Anisate work chemically?

The active portion is a pair of small carboxylate salts carried in an aqueous polyol phase, with microbial control relying on the equilibrium between salt and free-acid forms. Typical use is about 2 to 4 percent, with best performance in mildly acidic systems around pH 4.5 to 5.5 and confirmation by challenge testing.

Last updated 2026-05-15