Ban Deodorant is produced by the Kao Brands Company, the same company that houses the personal care items made by Jergens, Curel and Biore. Kao Brands marketed their first anti-perspirant deodorant in the 1960s, and since that time, Ban deodorants have become a brand known worldwide. Their original Ban Roll-On Anti-perspirant and Deodorant remains one of their most popular items. Apart from water, the deodorant consists of five main types of ingredients: the active ingredient, emulsifiers, ingredients included to produce certain aesthetic properties, conditioning agents and preservatives.
Active Ingredient
The active ingredient--the ingredient responsible for the deodorant's properties- in Ban Roll-On Deodorant is aluminum zirconium tetracholorohydrex GLY. This solid compound is a combination of aluminum zirconium tetracholorohydrex with the amino acid glycine and, when applied to the skin, it will both decrease the amount of sweat produced at that site and decrease odors released from that portion of skin.
Emulsifiers
Emulsifiers are compounds used in personal care products such as deodorants in order to help keep the various ingredients in the product from separating. The emulsifiers stabilize the combination of active and inactive ingredients and make them blend together smoothly. In Ban Roll-On Deodorant, the emulsifying agents used are steareth-2, steareth-20 and PPG-11 stearyl ether. All of these compounds are waxy in appearance and are produced by reacting stearyl alcohol with ethylene oxide.
Ingredients Affecting Properties
Personal care products include inactive ingredients that are needed to help the product look and feel a certain way. In most deodorant products, silicate compounds are used to accomplish this: they prevent the deodorant from drying out and keep the different ingredients from clumping together; they give the product a clear appearance and they add enough bulk to the finished mixture of ingredients to make it the right consistency--not too solid, but not too wet. Ban Roll-on Deodorant utilizes aluminum silicate to achieve these properties. Aluminum silicate is clay-like in consistency and can absorb large amounts of water.
Conditioning Agents
Phellodendron amurense bark extract, santalum album extract and hordeum distichon extract are all derived from the powdered portions of various plants--the amur cork tree, sandalwood and barley, respectively--and are all compounds known for their ability to moisturize and condition skin. All three are humectants, meaning they attract and retain water. They prevent regular deodorant use from drying out underarm skin.
Preservatives
Disodium EDTA, a salt of ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid, is used in Ban Roll-on Deodorant as a preservative. It is a powder made up of small crystals that can bind to and inactivate metal ions in a compound or solution. By binding to these ions, disodium EDTA helps slow the breakdown of the compound over time and can keep it from going rancid or losing its fragrance.
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