Kojic acid dipalmitate or KAD is a diesterified derivative of kojic acid. This substance is superior to kojic acid in the effect of whitening. Moreover, this substance is more stable than normal kojic acid. Therefore, it is widely useful in the cosmetic industry. This whitening ability of kojic acid diplomitate comes from its ability to inhibit tyrosinase activity, which can result in the suppression of skin pigmentation.

Further, kojic acid dipalmitate can act not only as a whitening agent but can also fight age spots, pregnancy marks, freckles, and general skin pigmentation disorders on the face and body. Many cosmetic products use this substance due to its high effectiveness and high stability.

• Similarities: Both kojic acid and kojic acid dipalmitate can act as whitening agents for the skin.

• Difference: Kojic acid is a chelation agent formed as the byproduct of fermentation of malting rice used for Japanese rice wine, while kojic acid dipalmitate is a diesterified derivative of kojic acid. Kojic acid and kojic acid dipalmitate are important whitening agents in the cosmetic industry. Kojic acid also has many applications in the food industry. The key difference between kojic acid and kojic acid dipalmitate is that kojic acid comparatively has less stability, whereas kojic acid dipalmitate has high stability.

How to use it?

Beginner: Add up to 1 tube to 4 oz of your favorite base cream.

Advanced: This ingredient is recommended for use at up to 5% in formulations. Do not use at a stronger concentration. For best results, dissolve the powder in a white oil (such as cosmetic grade mineral oil or paraffin liquid) before adding to a cream or oil-based formulation. We recommend using this ingredient in formulations with a pH range of 4-7.

1. Skin Lightening: Kojic Dipalmitate offers more efficacious skin lightening effects. Compared with kojic acid, Kojic Dipalmitate markedly enhances the inhibitory effects on tyrosinase activity, which prohibits the formation of melanin. As a oilsoluble skin whitening agent, it is easier to be absorbed by skin.

2. Light and Heat Stability. Kojic Acid Dipalmitate is light and heat stable, while kojic acid tends to oxidize over time.

3. PH Stability: Kojic Acid Dipalmitate is stable within a wide pH range of 4-9, which provides flexibility to formulators.

4. Color Stability. Unlike Kojic Acid, Kojic Dipalmitate does not turn brown or yellow over time for two reasons. First, kojic acid is not stable to light and heat, and tends to oxidize, which results in color change (often yellow or brown). Second, kojic acid tends to chelate with metal ions (e.g. iron), which often results in color change.On the contrary, Kojic Acid Dipalmitate is stable to pH, light, heat and oxidation, and does not complex with metal ions, which lead to color stability.

1. Whitening: Kojic acid dipalmitate is more effective than kojic acid in inhibiting tyrosinase activity in the skin, thereby inhibiting the formation of melanin, and has a good effect on whitening skin and sun protection.

2. Freckle removal: Kojic acid dipalmitate can improve skin pigmentation and can fight age spots, stretch marks, freckles and general pigmentation.

3. Kojic acid dipalmitate is a new skin whitening agent,it can prevent the formation of melanin by inhibiting the activity of tyrase, effective ratio can be up to 80%,so it have a evidently whitening effect and the effect is stronger than the kojic acid dipalmitate.

4. Kojic Acid dipalmitate is widely used in whiten cosmetic applied as a skin lightening agent due to its potential to inhibit the enzyme tyrosinase. Tyrosinase is necessary for the synthesis of melanin, which offers skin its coloring.

5. Kojic Acid dipalmitate also has antibacterial, antifungal and antioxidant attributes. It can protect against fruits from turning brown and is also applied to preserve the pink and red shade of seafood.

1. Food use kojic acid may be used on cut fruits to prevent oxidative browning, in seafood to preserve pink and red colors.

2. In cosmetics to lighten skin. As an example of the latter, it is used to treat skin diseases like melasma.

3. Daily chemicals material Kojic acid can inhibits caseinase synthesis, then inhibits skin melanin formation, kojic acid and it's derivatives are widely used in high-quality brightening cosmetic, bath cream midtoothpaste. The products containing kojic acid can treat freckle, acne, pigmentation and macula effectively without any toxic and bad results, At present, kojic acid's use level added in cosmetic amounts to 0.2-1.0 percent.

4. Health care: Kojic acid also has antibacterial and antifungal properties. Kojic acid and it's derivatives are used as an important material in antibiotic.

5. Pesticide Biologic fertilizer with 0.51.0% Kojic acid has a clearly effect on increase production both foodstuff and greenstuff.