Marketing In Brief
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Croda: New Solaveil SpeXtra titanium-dioxide-based sunscreen dispersions are designed with "optimum particle size and shape," offering an option between micro-sized products on the market that have aesthetic appeal but provide inadequate UVA protection and products with larger particles that effectively guard against UVA radiation but show up white on skin, according to Croda's June 2 release. Solaveil SpeXtra boasts "balanced UVA and UVB efficacy with specialized control of the particle size distribution to moderate whitening on the skin," says the UK-based chemical suppliers' Edison, N.J. unit. The ingredient can be used alone to satisfy regulatory expectations in the EU where the "quantified minimum UVA protection" afforded by a sunscreen product is defined as one-third the SPF (1"The Rose Sheet" July 16, 2007). Solaveil SpeXtra is available in two versions - Solaveil XT-100 and Solaveil XT-300, both of which furnish photostable broad-spectrum UV protection, the former in a standard industry emollient and the latter in a naturally derived, Ecocert-certified carrier fluid "ideal for green formulations," Croda says