How to Use AccessCIDE BGC-F in Your Formulations
What AccessCIDE BGC-F Does
Any product that contains water is a potential breeding ground for bacteria, yeast, and mold. A preservative’s job is to stop this from happening. AccessCIDE BGC-F is a natural “preservative booster,” which means it enhances the power of your main preservative system, making it more effective and robust. Think of it as a helper that provides an extra layer of security for your product.
This ingredient gets its power from nature. It’s a specialized blend featuring:
- Green Tea Extract (Camellia Sinensis): Well-known for its antioxidant properties, it also contains compounds that have natural antimicrobial activity.
- Garlic Extract (Allium Sativum): A powerful natural ingredient with well-documented broad-spectrum antimicrobial and antifungal properties.
Together, these plant-based extracts create an environment that is unfriendly to microbes, helping you create safer, more stable products. By using a booster like this, you can often improve the performance of natural preservative systems or reduce the concentration of traditional preservatives needed.
Formulation Tips
For best results, use AccessCIDE BGC-F at a concentration of 2–4% of your total formula weight. It is a water-soluble liquid, making it very easy to incorporate into your recipes.
The best time to add this ingredient is during the cool-down phase of your formulation, when the temperature is below 40°C (104°F). Adding it at a lower temperature helps protect the delicate plant extracts from heat damage, ensuring they remain effective. You can also add it directly to your water phase at room temperature in cold-process formulations.
AccessCIDE BGC-F performs best in formulas with a slightly acidic pH, ideally between 4.0 and 6.5. This aligns with most skin and hair care products. Always check the final pH of your product and adjust if necessary. For a complete preservation strategy, consider using it alongside a chelating agent like EDTA or Sodium Phytate.
Key Formulation Benefits:
- Natural, Plant-Powered Protection: Leverages the inherent antimicrobial strength of Green Tea and Garlic extracts for a cleaner ingredient label.
- Broad-Spectrum Support: Helps inhibit the growth of a wide range of microbes, including gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria, yeast, and mold.
- Paraben-Free and Formaldehyde-Free: Ideal for clean beauty formulations without controversial preservatives.
- Easy to Formulate: Water-soluble and simple to add during cool-down, suitable for serums, lotions, and cleansers.
- Antioxidant Co-Benefits: Green Tea Extract provides secondary antioxidant properties to support formula stability and skin protection.
- Enhances Hurdle Technology: Works synergistically with low pH and chelating agents to build a robust self-preserving system.