Anhydrous products are products without water. But, from the manufacturer’s perspective, it could also mean that additional water was not added to the finished goods because not all ingredients for personal, household, and even pet care products are available in powder form.
Anhydrous products are made differently than hydrous products.
Steps to make Anhydrous products.
- Pour in the ingredients.
- Combine the ingredients.
- Bottled the ingredients.
Steps to make hydrous products.
- Weighing the required amount of water
- Decant the ingredients while the water heats up.
- Keep mixing – this is the emulsification stage.
- Let the mixture cool while mixing.
- Bottled the product.
Anhydrous products have several advantages.
1. As shown above, creating an anhydrous product involves fewer stages, which reduces production costs.
Customers will gain because production costs will be greatly reduced.
2. Anhydrous products last longer because they are not watered down. For example, 0.5 gram is all you need to clean your body.
3. Less fossil fuel is used in product transportation.
Anhydrous items will be much lighter and require far less fossil fuel to transport.
4. Cleaning uses less water.
Water-based products produce a lot of residues, and cleaning the pieces of equipment used in production requires a lot more water than producing powder items.
To Sum Up
Water is essential for our survival. It is one of the rare natural resources that is fast running out.
It is up to all of us to figure out how to use less water and stop wasting it.
We must do our part as product creators to conserve energy and natural resources such as water.