10.02.17
US Patent No. 9,744,115 B2; The Clorox Company, Oakland, CA, has patented a personal care cream that dries to a powdery feel. It is comprised of water; one or more natural starch components wherein at least one is corn starch; one or more emulsifiers, wherein one or more are selected from the group consisting of a sugar ester, an alkylaryl glucoside, an alkylaryl alcohol, and a fatty alcohol and combinations thereof; and one or more emollients, wherein the one or more are selected from the group consisting of coco-caprylate, decyl-cocoate, tricaprylin and combinations thereof. The composition does not include cyclomethicone, other methicones, or other silicone-derived components.
The patent was filed by Burt’s Bees, which is owned by Clorox.
The patent was filed by Burt’s Bees, which is owned by Clorox.