How to Formulate with SeaBalance

How to formulate with
SeaBalanceⓇ 2000
Let’s dive deep into the ins and outs of Seabalance 2000, your ultimate emulsifier made from seaweed.

Get ready to explore the answers to your most pressing questions as formulators!
Tips and Tricks to Get Started
High-shear will
make a big
difference
  • High shear mixing ensures that SeaBalance 2000 compounds are evenly dispersed at the oil/water interface.
  • High shear mixing is required to overcome the interfacial tension between the two phases, leading to the formation of smaller and more uniform droplets.
Flexibility:
Water phase &
one-pot process
dispersal
  • Process Matters!
  • Two ways to formulate with SeaBalance:
    • Disperse SeaBalance in the water phase and homogenizer.
    • Use One-Pot process: Add all the ingredients at the same time and homogenize.
Surfactants:
A little goes a
long way
  • SeaBalance technology is a surfactant-free technology, which means there is no HLB requirement.
  • However, if you don’t have high-shear, or if you are having difficulty achieving small droplets, a small amount of surfactant (e.g Ethylhexyl Glycerin or Caprylyl Glycol) can help to get smaller oil droplets and a white shiny emulsion.
Frequently Asked Questions
Oceanic
Odor
Thickening
Agents
Small Oil
Droplets
Oil
Compatibility
HLB
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Oceanic Odor
  • SeaBalance is a seaweed-based ingredient with a slight oceanic odor due to the high naturality and gentle extraction process.
  • How to manage SeaBalance odor?
    • For fragrance-free formulations, you can add a weak acid in the water phase. Ex. example, citric acid or lactic acid
    • In Hot Process, you may notice a stronger odor, but it will dissipate when you cool down your bulk
    • Of course, you can add a fragrance!
Thickening Agents
  • SeaBalance does not respond in a typical way to thickening with fatty alcohols, butters or waxes.
  • In systems relying on thickening by fatty alcohols, the viscosity increases by the formation of a chain network, but with SeaBalance, there is a reduced thickening effect.
  • With SeaBalance, there is a reduced thickening effect
    • For creamier textures, you will need to play with the type of emollients and oil concentration.
    • Synergistic effect with cellulose (and) cellulose gum to boost viscosity.
Oil Compatibility
  • In general, SeaBalance 2000 is compatible with all types of oils (vegetable oils, mineral oils, alkanes, silicones).
  • Some esters can be more challenging & may require more work.
Small Oil Droplets
    Process matters with SeaBalance!
  • It can be used with most standard manufacturing processes using a rotor/stator type homogenizer.
  • It is important to use high-shear and we recommend to be under the highest shear conditions possible to get a white shiny emulsion.
HLB
  • SeaBalance technology is a surfactant-free technology, which means there is no HLB requirement
  • HLB does not apply to SeaBalance.