Incontinence pads: recommending the best product-based wetback performance and price

Erekson, Elisabeth A.; Meyer, S; Melick, Clifford F.; McLennan, Mary T.

doi:10.1007/s00192-008-0645-4

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“…Odour control is one of the top unmet needs of the Adult Care Category; 94% of people suffering from incontinence are looking for a specific product that controls the malodour. To confirm the importance of the benefit, Odour control remains the 1° top claim of the new launches observed in 2011 equal to the 44% . Absorbent articles are being developed to help managing urine loss and also decreasing the social impact.…”

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Methodology for assessing the performance of urine absorbing aids in controlling malodour release

Sironi

Capelli

Dentoni

et al. 2013

Intern J of Cosmetic Sci

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The aim of this study was to investigate the possibility of comparing the performance of different absorbent aids in terms of odour control by discussing a suitable methodology for product evaluation. To overcome the problems of low test reproducibility owing to biological urine variability, the first step of the work consisted of the identification and the production of artificial urine having a constant and stable composition over time, moreover preventing sensorial assessors from any risk of biological contamination. Sensorial measurements were performed to optimize the similarity between artificial and biological urine, especially as far as the composition of the volatile component and therefore of the odour properties are concerned. The assessment of absorbent articles performance to control urine malodour includes both the concentration and the hedonic tone of the odour released by the article itself loaded with synthetic urine. Analyses were run on different products, which can be grouped into two different classes: absorbing aids with or without odour control technology (OCT) respectively. Results show that, despite of the presence or absence of OCT on absorbing products, their odour concentrations are almost identical, being comprised between 10 000 and 12 000 ou E m À3 . For this reason, it is evident that odour concentration is not suitable as the sole parameter for comparison of different absorbing products. Instead, the hedonic odour tone (odour pleasantness/unpleasantness) relevant to the different product typologies (that is products with and without OCT) should be used as an additional discriminating factor for this kind of comparative tests. R esum eLe but de cette etude est d' etudier la possibilit e de comparer la performance des diff erentes aides absorbants en termes de contrôle des odeurs, en d ecrivant une m ethodologie appropri ee pour l' evaluation des produits. Afin de surmonter les probl emes de la faible reproductibilit e du test en raison de la variabilit e biologique des urines, la premi ere etape du travail a consist e en l'identification et la production d'urine artificielle, ayant une composition constante et stable dans le temps, et par ailleurs permettant a pr evenir les evaluateurs sensoriels de tout risque de contamination biologique. Des mesures sensorielles ont et e r ealis ees afin d'optimiser la similitude entre l'urine artificielle et biologique, en particulier en ce qui concerne la composition du composant volatil et donc des propri et es odorantes. L' evaluation de la performance des articles absorbant pour contrôler les mauvaises odeurs d'urine comprend a la fois la concentration et la tonalit e h edonique de l'odeur d egag ee par l'article lui-même charg e d'urine synth etique. Les analyses ont et e effectu ees sur des produits diff erents, qui peuventêtre regroup es en deux cat egories diff erentes: des absorbants avec ou sans la technologie de contrôle des odeurs (OCT), respectivement. Les r esultats montrent qu'en d epit de la pr esence ou de l'absence de ...

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confidence: 99%