--- title: Academy High oxidative stable oils and bio-active ingredients description: Learn what challenges that there are formulating with vegetable oils and how to avoid it --- Academy # High oxidative stable oils and bio-active ingredients Learn how to optimize the shelf life, safety, and performance of your natural-based formulations. This session will show how the composition of fatty acids and naturally occurring tocopherols can impact stability and functionality and demonstrate how a high-quality oil phase can protect the skin barrier against environmental stressors.   Key takeaways: - Understanding the different types and typical concentrations of oils used across applications - The role of refinement and processing in optimizing stability, shelf life, and formulation quality - How to differentiate between protecting the ingredients, the formulation, and the skin against oxidation - How to harness and optimize the bio-activity of minor lipids in shea and canola ![high oxidation stable oils](https://hub.aakpersonalcare.com/hubfs/Academy/high_oxidative_stable_oils%5B1%5D.jpg) ## The different protective roles of antioxidants This session, led by our US-based Customer Innovation Manager, Benjamin Schwartz, takes a deep dive into the role of antioxidants and how to differentiate between intrinsic oxidation from a plant-based ingredient versus oxidation from a formulation composition or the environment. It also looks at the role of antioxidants added to improve oil stability versus those added for skin-protecting benefits. ![high-oxidative-stable-oils-and-bioactive-ingredients-with-ben-schwartz](https://hub.aakpersonalcare.com/hubfs/Academy/high-oxidative-stable-oils-and-bioactive-ingredients-with-ben-schwartz.jpg)   . ![logo](https://hub.aakpersonalcare.com/hubfs/branding/logo.svg)