With the new FDA rules on sunscreen labeling and effectiveness testing now released, and scheduled for implementation in 2012, broad spectrum protection is even more important to ensure compliance with the new monograph where UVA and UVB protection are essential.Croda offers the Solaveil SpeXtra products, a range of broad spectrum UV absorbers that provide this protection along with great skin feel, according to the company.Products in the Solaveil SpeXtra line can be used as sole UV absorbers in sunscreen products, eliminating the need for complex combinations of filters to achieve broad spectrum UV protection.

Croda’s newest solution for broad spectrum protection, as part of the Solaveil SpeXtra line, is Solaveil XT-40W.This water based system allows the freedom to formulate light feeling and highly spreadable O/W emulsions with broad spectrum protection, achieving a critical wavelength of ~380nm, which is well in excess of the 370 nm required for UVA protection claims.Solaveil XT-40W contains hydrophobically coated power that offers inherent water resistance, another important element of the new FDA monograph.Solaveil XT-40W is also Ecocert approved so natural formulations compliant with Ecocert standards can be attained.

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