Geogard Ultra

Geogard Ultra – Preservative

The positive aspects of Geogard Ultra include:
Multi-functionality (effective in a wide variety of cosmetic products, including shampoos, lotions and skin creams)
Broad spectrum (creates an overall hostile environment for varying types of microbes within a formulation)
Globally accepted (beyond Europe and Japan, Geogard is also viewed as safe by the Cosmetic, Toiletry & Fragrance Association in North America as well as regulatory bodies in Latin and South America).
Laboratory tests show that Geogard improves skin moisture content
Listed as a GRAS (Generally Recognized As Safe) ingredient
Broad compatibility with other widely used cosmetic ingredients
Developed without reliance on animal testing
Contains no GMO’s

One of the ingredients used to manufacture Geogard Ultra is sodium benzoate...sodium benzoate and Vitamin C together create a chemical known as Benzene.  Benzene is, without question, carcinogenic.  Furthermore, Benzene fed to mice causes mitochondrial degeneration, which is viewed as one of the primary causes of aging and cell death...Sodium Benzoate on its own (not combined with Vitamin C) is in no way considered carcinogenic.

Geogard preservative information

there are very few truly natural or ‘more natural’ preservatives that have been challenge tested and shown that they are truly broad spectrum preservatives (many like some essential oils can kill bacteria but they are not broad spectrum). Geogard is one of them, another is leucidal. Both are pretty new to the market (Geogard has only been available within the last few years. Leucidal is very new, only started seeing that a few months ago). I will be using leucidal in another toner probably (I need to test it for longer to see if I like it as much as geogard or not).