What is Dihydroxyacetone DHA?
Dihydroxyacetone Powder (DHA) is a polyhydroxyketose with the chemical formula C3H6O3, and is one of the simplest ketoses.
Its appearance is a sweet white powdery crystal, easily soluble in organic solvents such as water, ethanol, ether, and acetone, with a melting point of 75-80 ℃ and stable at pH 6.0
What is the function of dihydroxyacetone?
Due to its biodegradability, edibility, and non toxicity,DHA dihydroxyacetone is a multifunctional additive that can be widely used in industries such as cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and food.
Cosmetic Field
Dihydroxyacetone in skincare products often used as a sunscreen, which can effectively prevent excessive evaporation of skin moisture, while also providing moisturizing, sun protection, and UV radiation protection.
In addition, its ketone functional group can react with the amino acids and amino groups of skin keratin to form brown polymers, giving the skin an artificial brown color. Therefore, it is also used as a tanning agent in sun free tanning products,so people like to call it dha tanning powder.
The acceptance of tanning skincare products is relatively high abroad, coupled with the prosperity of cosmetics and pharmaceutical industries in Europe, America, Japan, South Korea and other regions. About half of the products in China's dihydroxyacetone industry are exported, and the export proportion of some enterprises is even as high as 60%
Dihydroxyacetone can also be used as a hair dye.
Functional Food Field
Dihydroxyacetone can increase the body's metabolic rate and fatty acid oxidation, effectively burn fat while reducing body fat and delaying weight gain. Long term supplementation can increase blood glucose utilization and save muscle glycogen, which can improve exercise endurance.
Feed Field
Dihydroxyacetone is an intermediate product of sugar metabolism, playing an important role in the process of sugar metabolism, reducing body fat in pigs, and improving lean meat percentage. Adding a certain amount of DHA and pyruvate (calcium salt) mixture to pig feed (in a 3:1 weight ratio) can reduce the fat content of pig back meat by 12% to 15%, and correspondingly reduce the fat content of leg meat and longest back muscle, while increasing the protein content.
At present, the dihydroxyacetone sold by our company is mostly used by customers in the cosmetics industry as a tanning agent.
How does DHA tan your skin?
Dihydroxyacetone tanning agent is a common tanning agent that reacts with amino acids and proteins in the skin to form dark compounds, thereby darkening the skin. Specifically, the dihydroxyacetone molecules in dihydroxyacetone tanning agents undergo ketoaldehyde reactions with amino acids on the skin surface and amino groups in proteins, forming dark colored products. These products will form a dark precipitate on the surface of the skin, making the skin appear darker
How long does DHA take to work tan?
The effect of dihydroxyacetone tanning usually begins to appear within 2-4 hours and darkens within 24-72 hours. Dihydroxyacetone (DHA) appears brown after reacting with dead epidermal cells. Due to the shedding of dead cells within a week, this color quickly fades. Therefore, the tanning effect can be maintained for about 3-10 days
It usually takes 1-3 months for the skin to return to a fair state, which is closely related to the individual's physical condition, metabolic rate, and daily sun protection care
Is dihydroxyacetone DHA safe?
Dihydroxyacetone is safe at specific concentrations. According to the SCCS (Scientific Committee) of the European Union, a concentration of 6.25% dihydroxyacetone is safe for use in hair dyes
It is also considered safe to use 10% dihydroxyacetone black lotion or face cream together.
If you use it as a tanning agent, our company also provides erythrulose,DHA erythrulose is the most common shelf tanning ingredients people always use.
What is L Erythrulose?
L erythrulose is a natural ketose that reacts with the peptide amino groups on the skin surface through the Maillard reaction, producing a brown polymer product that directly binds to the skin surface.
Erythrulose is often used in combination with dihydroxyacetone for better results.
The ratio is 1:4 (erythrulose: dihydroxyacetone)
What is the DHA and Erythrulose Add Amount?
In self tanning products, dihydroxyacetone (DHA) is typically used at concentrations ranging from 1% to 20%. The amount of DHA used affects the intensity of the tan, with higher concentrations producing darker results
Erythrulose is typically added to cosmetic formulations at a concentration of 1% to 5%
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Reference
1. Screening of glycerol producing dihydroxyacetone strain and study on fermentation process. China National Knowledge Infrastructure [citation date: June 9, 2020]
2. Experimental confirmation of the reducing sugar properties of dihydroxyacetone. Baidu Scholar [citation date: January 14, 2022]
3. Dihydroxyacetone. Chemical Source Network [reference date: November 7, 2022]
1. Screening of glycerol producing dihydroxyacetone strain and study on fermentation process. China National Knowledge Infrastructure [citation date: June 9, 2020]
2. Experimental confirmation of the reducing sugar properties of dihydroxyacetone. Baidu Scholar [citation date: January 14, 2022]
3. Dihydroxyacetone. Chemical Source Network [reference date: November 7, 2022]