The chosen product is Dove Care & Protect Antibacterial Body Wash, with Figures 1 and 2 showing the front label and the ingredient label of the selected product. The claim per the product’s front label: “This antibacterial body wash eliminates 99% of bacteria and moisturizes for hours, protecting your skin from dryness”. I bought the product because its cleansing and moisture retention properties are adequate. Given its moisturizing properties on the skin, this moisturizing, antibacterial body wash feels kind and caring and leaves me feeling fresh at the beginning and end of the day. It also makes me feel smooth and clean due to what it says is an integrated lotion that guards against dryness. Notwithstanding, this body wash’s delicate flower fragrance leaves me smelling great all day while cleaning my skin properly without drying it out. Moreover, to top it all off, despite being pH balanced, it is dermatologically tested and approved. Compared to regular body wash or washing my hands with soap and water, I believe that Dove Care & Protect Antibacterial Body Wash better protects me from widely transmitted bacteria.
Dove Care & Protect Antibacterial Body Wash’s’ active ingredient responsible for antibacterial properties is Benzalkonium Chloride (0.13%) since the product claims to eliminate 99% of bacteria on the skin. As a preservative in medicines or disinfectant in cleaning goods, benzalkonium is used as an antiseptic agent (Pereira & Tagkopoulos, 2019). A quaternary ammonium molecule called benzalkonium is employed as a biocide, cationic surfactant, and phase-transfer agent. Although it is an active antimicrobial agent, benzalkonium chloride is more frequently found in consumer products in the salt form. Because of this, it is used as an ingredient in antiseptic and disinfectant products and a broad range of international medicinal products as an active ingredient acting as an antimicrobial preservative.
Reference
Pereira B.M.P., & Tagkopoulos, I. (2019). Benzalkonium chlorides: uses, regulatory status, and microbial resistance. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 85(13), e00377-19: Web.