Chemian Technology describes next-generation insect repellent actives, derived from renewable, ethically sourced and sustainable feedstocks, which are offering insect repellent producers a clinically proven COSMOS -certified alternative to established synthetic materials
Consumer demand for natural, plant-based alternatives to synthetic mosquito repellents like DEET (N,N-diethyl-meta-toluamide) has been building for some years. This is driven, in part, by increased consumer awareness of certain negative issues related to the use of DEET and the wider preference for effective, safe-to-use personal care products that are based on raw materials from renewable and sustainable resources.
Ecocert and COSMOS natural certification - long-established and important standards in the cosmetic industry - are now finding increasing relevance in the market for insect repellents and the active ingredients they contain.
Uniquely and unlike materials used in the cosmetic industry, the natural claims made for active ingredients in mosquito repellents remain secondary in importance to their efficacy - for obvious reasons concerning the potential implications for their role in the prevention of dangerous insect vector-borne diseases like malaria, dengue and Zika virus. Natural, plant-based extracts that make notional, unquantified or unsubstantiated claims around repellence are a poor and ineffective substitute for proven and trusted synthetic actives.
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