摘要 |
The invention provides an oil-in-water emulsion suitable for cosmetic or personal care use, the emulsion comprising: a) a aqueous continuous phase; b) a dispersed oil phase, and c) optionally, a nonionic emulsifier; in which the aqueous continuous phase is structured by a dispersed modified cellulose biopolymer, wherein the modification consists of the cellulose having its C6 primary alcohols oxidised to carboxyl moieties (acid/COOH-) on 10 to 70% of the glucose units and substantially all the remainder of the C6 positions occupied by unmodified primary alcohols; and in which the emulsion comprises less than 0.2 wt % anionic surfactant (by total weight anionic surfactant based on the total weight of the emulsion). |