AdvensProtect Range
Discover our range for preservatives and preservative boosters, with a class leading chemical purity, driven by tight process control and renowned leading distillation capability.
Mutlifunctionals / Preservative Boosters
Backed by a fully controlled production process and advanced know-how in distillation and purification, SEQENS delivers ingredients of exceptional purity, meeting the highest quality and safety standards.
The AdvensProtect range includes high-performance diols and ethylhexylglycerin, multifunctional ingredients that act as effective preservative boosters, while offering low toxicity and added benefits as humectants and moisturisers.

AdvensProtect products have low toxicity, good value as humectant and as moisturisers.
For improved efficacy, our AdvensProtect products can be used
in combination with AdvensCare BZC and SA Premium.


AdvensProtect 2-EHG: ETHYLHEXYLGLYCERIN
Skin care emollient & Preservative booster
- Improves skin feel and moisturization
- Good deodorant efficacy
- Excellent booster for many traditional preservatives and non-preservatives
Also available as AdvensProtect 2-EHG Plus Green: stabilized with natural tocopherol
ORIGIN: UK
INCI: ETHYLHEXYLGLYCERIN
AdvensProtect 5: PENTYLENE GLYCOL
Excellent emollient & Multifunctional additive
- Very good moisturizing properties
- Solubilizer for lipophilic ingredients
- Preservative booster
- Good solvent & stabilizer for emulsions
- Improves viscosity of final cosmetic end products
ORIGIN: UK
INCI: PENTYLENE GLYCOL
AdvensProtect 6: 1,2-HEXANEDIOL
Moisturizing agent & Multifunctional additive
- Well-known hydrating agent
- Non-irritant in especially sensitive skin and sensitive applicationsareas
- Solubilizer for lipophilic ingredients
- Preservative booster
ORIGIN: UK
INCI: 1,2-HEXANEDIOL
AdvensProtect 8: CAPRYLYL GLYCOL
Moisturizing agent & Multifunctional additive
- Very good moisturizing abilities
- Improves the sensorial profile of formulations as it regulates viscosity
- Preservative booster (enhance intracellular microbial penetration)
- Work synergistically with other preservatives
AdvensProtect 8 passed all the criteria for ISO 11930 (microbiology for cosmetic products)
ORIGIN: UK
INCI: CAPRYLYL GLYCOL
AdvensProtect 68: 1,2-HEXANEDIOL, CAPRYLYL GLYCOL
Moisturizing agent & Multifunctional additive
- Blend of two moisturizers with great emollient properties
- Preservative booster (enhance intracellular microbial penetration)
- Emulsion stabilizer
- Improves the sensorial profile of formulations as it regulates viscosity
ORIGIN: UK
INCI: 1,2-HEXANEDIOL, CAPRYLYL GLYCOL
AdvensProtect OE: CAPRYLYL GLYCOL, ETHYHEXYLGLYCERIN
Skin care emollients & multifunctional additive
- Blend of two moisturizers with great emollient properties
- Improves the stability and resistance of the formulation tomicrobial attack
- Improves the efficacy of traditional preservative actives
AdvensProtect OE passed all the criteria for ISO 11930 (microbiology forcosmetic products)
ORIGIN: UK
INCI: CAPRYLYL GLYCOL, ETHYLHEXYLGLYCERIN
AdvensProtect 56E: PENTYLENE GLYCOL, 1,2-HEXANEDIOL, ETHYLHEXYLGLYCERIN
Unique Combination for Product Protection &Multifunctionality for Sensitive Skin for Sensitive Skin
- Humectant and emollient properties
- Excellent product protection
- Alternative to traditional preservative systems
- Suitable for a variety of formulations
AdvensProtect 56E passed all the criteria for ISO 11930 (microbiology forcosmetic products)
ORIGIN: UK
INCI: PENTYLENE GLYCOL, 1,2-HEXANEDIOL, ETHYLHEXYLGLYCERIN
AdvensProtect 58E: PENTYLENE GLYCOL, CAPRYLYL GLYCOL, ETHYLHEXYLGLYCERIN
Unique Combination for Product Protection &Multifunctionality for Sensitive Skin
- Humectant and emollient properties
- Excellent product protection
- Alternative to traditional preservative systems
- Suitable for a variety of formulations and all skin types, includingsensitive skin
AdvensProtect 58E passed all the criteria for ISO 11930 (microbiology forcosmetic products)
ORIGIN: UK
INCI: PENTYLENE GLYCOL, 1,2-HEXANEDIOL, ETHYLHEXYLGLYCERIN
Emollients
Lightweight emollients and versatile emulsifiers designed to bring formulation efficiency, stability, and superior skin feel
AdvensCare DIPA: DIISOPROPYL ADIPATE
Non-oily Emollient, Moisturizer & Solvent
- Gives the skin a soft and smooth appearance
- Reduce brittleness and cracking of synthetic compounds
- Solubilize lipophilic UV filters
- Rapid absorbency and low residual tackiness
ORIGIN: UK
INCI: DIISOPROPYL ADIPATE
AdvensCare UDA: UNDECANOIC ACID
Excellent emollient & Multifunctional additive
- Biobased versatile cosmetic ingredient
- Anti-seborrheic, cleansing agent
- Masking agent for malodors
- Surfactant
- Bio-sourced
- Water soluble white powder
ORIGIN: France
INCI: UNDECANOIC ACID
Preservative Solutions
Combining high purity, proven efficacy, and formulation versatility, SEQENS’ AdvensProtect range also offers preservative solutions and blends. Created to simplify formulation processes, these solutions provide effective antimicrobial protection and help ensure that modern cosmetic products meet safety and regulatory compliance expectations.
AdvensCare BZC: BENZETHONIUM CHLORIDE
Multifunctional ingredient & traditionalpreservative
- Traditional broad-spectrum preservative blend
- Very effective at low concentrations
- Product protection and surfactant properties
- Available in powder form
ORIGIN: France
INCI: BENZETHONIUM CHLORIDE
AdvensProtect: PEHG: PHENOXYETHANOL, ETHYLHEXYLGLYCERIN
Traditional preservative blend
- Broad-spectrum preservative paired with a great emollient andpreservative booster
- Ethylhexylglycerin is a great potentiator (improves contact betweenphenoxyethanol and the bacterial membrane)
- Extremely suitable for clear systems
ORIGIN: England
INCI: PHENOXYETHANOL, ETHYLHEXYLGLYCERIN
AdvensProtect PHE: PHENOXYETHANOL
Traditional preservative blend
- Excellent product protection
- Effective against Gram – and Gram + bacteria as well as yeast
- Widely used as a preservative active in cosmetics products
- Safe for all consumers, one of the most well-tolerated preservatives
INCI: PHENOXYETHANOL, ETHYLHEXYLGLYCERIN
AdvensProtect POH: CAPRYLYL GLYCOL, PHENOXYETHANOL, 1,2-HEXANEDIOL
Preservative blend with emollient properties
- Full spectrum preservative efficacy
- Caprylyl glycol and 1,2-hexanediol are great emollients andpreservative boosters
- Strongly reduced phenoxyethanol content
- Vapour phase activity due to the presence of phenoxyethanol
- Good solubilizer for lipophilic ingredients
- Extremely suitable for clear systems
ORIGIN: UK
INCI: CAPRYLYL GLYCOL, PHENOXYETHANOL, 1,2-HEXANEDIOL
