UV Filters

These are perhaps the most difficult cosmetic ingredients to master…
In addition to the subtleties (which often turn into a puzzle) of the formulation, which must both be effective for anti-UV protection but also photostable, easily applicable, invisible… and without suspected risk to health, it is also necessary to ensure that the finished product containing them can be marketed and exported without obstacles.
And this is where things get even more complicated.
It is that certain UV filters are accepted there and prohibited elsewhere, that sometimes the maximum concentration deemed safe, or the conditions of use, vary from one country to another.
And if the whole of Europe has standardized its regulations through Cosmetics Regulation 1223/2009, the differences appear as soon as you cross its borders!
It is to take stock of these specificities that CosmeticOBS has brought together in this file the technical data sheets of all the UV filters authorized in Europe, all those listed in Annex VI of the Regulation.
With for each the chemical identity, the toxicological profile, the conditions of use in Europe and internationally, the history of the regulations, the sources which refer…
A checklist that every sunscreen formulator and regulator should have consulted before they even start working on a new product!