Products in Dish Care

STEPANATE® SXS is an anionic surfactant that functions as a solubilizer, coupling agent, and cloud point depressant. Its applications span liquid detergents, heavy-duty cleaning products, wax stripping formulations, dishwashing detergents, and textile applications. It adheres to the u.S. Epa safer choice program's surfactant screen and is listed on cleangredients.

AMMONYX® CDO SPECIAL is a cocamidopropyl amine oxide employed in personal care, household and industrial cleaning, and specialty foaming applications. AMMONYX® CDO SPECIAL is an amphoteric surfactant stable under peroxide bleach conditions, serving as a foam booster and textile antistat agent.

STEOL® 23-2S.70 CP is a 70% active alcohol ether sulfate. It is an anionic surfactant that can be used in a variety of cleaning applications in household, industrial, and institutional settings. It can also be used in personal care and cleansing applications.

AMPHOSOL® HCG-HP is a mild amphoteric surfactant derived from coconut oil that provides foam boosting and viscosity building in a wide range of personal care, hard surface cleaning, and specialty foamer products. It is preserved with excess alkalinity, which allows the formulator flexibility when choosing a preservative for their finished formulation.

STEOL® CS-330 is a low-active, 3-mole sodium laureth sulfate known for its excellent skin compatibility, foam, and viscosity characteristics. This anionic surfactant finds a wide array of applications, ranging from personal care products like shampoos, body washes, and liquid hand washes to household cleaning products like dishwashing liquids, laundry detergents, and car wash solutions. It also has roles in agricultural applications and textile processing as a scouring, leveling, coupling, and foaming agent.

NINOL® 30-LL is a high-active lauramide produced through a 1:1 reaction between the ester of lauric acid and diethanolamine. It functions as a lauryl dea amide, providing foam and viscosity building in various formulations, including shampoos, bubble baths, bath products, and detergents. Its liquid form at room temperature contributes to its ease of use.

BIO-SOFT® GSB-9 is a nonionic surfactant blend offering moderate and stable foam, good wetting properties, and high detergency. Its application spans various industrial contexts and cleaning products, enabling versatile formulations. It can function as a dyeing assistant, emulsifier, and wetting agent. Its effectiveness at low concentrations adds to its cost-effectiveness and efficiency.

STEPANOL® AM 30-KE is an ammonium lauryl sulfate product produced in europe and preserved with cit or mit. It's recognized for excellent foam and viscosity attributes, finding applications in liquid hand soaps, bath products, detergents, carpet and upholstery cleaners, offset printing, and textiles.

MAKON® 17R4 stands as a nonionic reverse eo/po block copolymer that exhibits fast-breaking, low foaming, defoaming properties, and strong detergency. Its applicability spans numerous markets, from industrial and institutional to pulp and paper and textiles. It can be utilized in metalworking fluids, dispersants, industrial lubricants, agricultural pesticide formulations, and low foaming detergents. Like other products in the makon® line, it is a low ash product.

STEOL® 4N is a low-active, biodegradable 3-mol sodium laureth sulfate known for excellent flash foam and emulsification properties. Stepan's continuous so₃ process minimizes chloride content through the sulfation of the fatty ethoxylate. Its applicability spans detergents, dishwashers, laundry products, car wash applications, textile applications, industrial cleaning applications, as well as shampoos and bath products.

BIO-SOFT® EC-600 is a nonionic surfactant blend featuring an hlb (hydrophilic-lipophilic balance) value of 10.6. This versatile surfactant finds use in wetting, emulsification, and as a degreasing booster within industrial cleaners, detergents, and paint additives. One of its notable features is its comparison to np-6 (nonylphenol ethoxylate), where bio-soft® n-600 exhibits rapid wetting properties. It effectively replaces nonylphenol ethoxylates as a more environmentally friendly option. Furthermore, it aligns with the standards set by the u.S. Epa safer choice program's surfactant screen, and its inclusion on cleangredients underscores its commitment to sustainable formulations.

BIO-SOFT® N23-5 is a c12-13 linear alcohol ethoxylate that provides moderate wetting, low foam, emulsification, and detergency. With a low hlb, this product can be used in textiles, hard surface cleaning, paints, and institutional and industrial cleaning applications. The product is kosher-certified and preservative-free.

STEPANOL® AM-CIT/MIT is an ammonium lauryl sulfate preserved with cit/mit, providing foaming and viscosity-building properties. Suitable for personal care and household cleaning, this bio-based, kosher-certified, naturally derived, and plant-derived product serves markets like home care, institutional and industrial cleaning, personal care, and vehicle care.

NINOL® PC, an effective DEA amide, plays a crucial role in enhancing viscosity while simultaneously boosting and stabilizing foam. This versatile liquid nonionic surfactant finds widespread use in various applications such as shampoos, bubble baths and metalworking cleaners, offering consistent performance and reliability across diverse formulations and industries.

AMPHOSOL® CS-50 E is a cocamidopropyl hydroxysultaine that is compatible with anionic, nonionic, amphoteric, and cationic surfactants and is stable over a wide ph range. It exhibits high foaming even in high electrolyte solutions and is stable in extreme alkaline solutions. This amphoteric surfactant exhibits foam synergies with common anionics and can be used in place of cocamidopropyl betaine to boost flash foam.

BIO-TERGE® PAS-8S E is a high-quality, light-colored, aqueous solution of primary alkane sulfonate, known for its low-foaming, biodegradable anionic surfactant properties. It offers excellent coupling and hydrotropic properties across a wide pH range. With exceptional solubility in acidic and alkaline systems, it's versatile for formulating industrial and institutional cleaners, ensuring compatibility with detergent builders and bleach.

BIO-TERGE® AS-40 stands as an anionic surfactant that offers remarkable viscosity, foam characteristics, and mildness. This makes it an excellent candidate for an array of hi&i cleaning and personal care applications, as well as applications in agriculture formulations and construction products like concrete bases, firefighting foams, and dust control.

STEPAN® PEARL 2 is a unique anionic/ester surfactant blend designed to impart a pearlescent appearance to personal care products like shampoos, bubble baths, and dishwashing liquids. Unlike traditional methods requiring heat or prolonged processing, the distinctive emulsifier package in STEPAN® PEARL 2 enables excellent pearlescence through cold blending.

MERPOL® SE is a nonionic surfactant known for its effective wetting properties and low foaming characteristics. It finds application in textile and paper processing, including automatic dishwashing detergents, brewery cleaners, floor cleaners, laundry aids, laundry detergents, and meat packing plant cleaners. Its market reach includes home care, industrial products, and institutional and industrial cleaning.

BIO-SOFT® EC-690 is a nonionic surfactant that provides stability in both acidic and alkaline aqueous solutions. It offers moderate and stable foam along with high detergency. Tailored for laundry and various cleaning applications, including household, institutional, and industrial hard surface cleaners, BIO-SOFT® EC-690 complies with the u.S. Safer choice surfactant screen and is listed on cleangredients.

STEOL® CS-270 L6 CP is an anionic surfactant with high activeness utilized in household, institutional, and industrial cleaning applications. Its versatility extends to personal care products, specifically liquid cleansing. In personal care, it finds its place in various contexts like 2 in 1 shampoo, body wash, degreasers, fine fabric wash, hand dishwashing detergents, pet care, shampoos, shower gel, and more.

BIO-SOFT® E-847 is a nonionic surfactant that contributes moderate, stable foam and high detergency to applications such as hard surface cleaners, laundry detergents, dishwashers, and hand soaps. Its water solubility and high effectiveness at low concentrations lend versatility, including usage as a dyeing assistant, emulsifier, and wetting agent.

BIO-SOFT® S-118 D is an alkylbenzene sulfonic acid that boasts excellent detergency and compatibility with anionic, amphoteric, and nonionic surfactants. It finds use in bathroom cleaners and degreasers within the home care, institutional, and industrial cleaning markets. Its chemical family is linear alkylbenzene sulfonic acid (labsa).

AMMONYX® DO 40 is a decyl amine oxide amphoteric surfactant, is employed in various cleaning applications. It offers low and fast-breaking foam, along with viscosity-building properties. This sulfate-free and preservative-free product serves markets including agricultural solutions, home care, institutional and industrial cleaning, and vehicle care.

MAKON® 4 is an all-high-active nonionic surfactant with diverse applications, including agriculture, detergents, sanitizers, industrial cleaners, metal cleaners, textiles, and paper deinking. Their chemical group is nonylphenol ethoxylates, and they serve as emulsifiers, adjuvants, and wetting agents. This product is kosher-certified.

STEOL® CS-230 is a low-active, 2-mol sodium laureth sulfate lauded for its excellent foam properties regardless of water hardness and low skin irritation characteristics. It's a versatile anionic surfactant that extends its applications beyond cleansing. It finds use as a gypsum additive, scouring agent, and additive in textile processing.

AMPHOSOL® 2CSF-AF is an alcohol-free disodium cocoamphodipropionate. This mild amphoteric surfactant is used as a secondary surfactant, foam booster, and viscosity builder in personal care and h&i cleaning. The product is bio-based, kosher-certified, naturally derived, plant-derived, salt-free, sulfate-free, and eo/po-free.

MAPROSYL® 30-MP is a mild, soap-like detergent renowned for its outstanding wetting and foaming characteristics. MAPROSYL® 30-MP delivers efficient detergency and good rinsing properties, displaying compatibility with anionic, cationic, and nonionic surfactants. This product is particularly suited for apac formulations.

BIO-SOFT® EA 10-85 is a nonionic surfactant that exhibits low foaming properties and excellent wetting action. It is a good emulsifier for industrial applications. It may be readily formulated into highly alkaline liquid systems and can be used in a variety of applications, including mechanical dishwashing, rinse aids, metal cleaning, spray washing, general-purpose cleaning, emulsion polymerization, textile wetting and scouring, oil field additives, agricultural adjuvants, and non-foaming emulsions.

MAKON® NF-5 stands as a nonionic surfactant, providing excellent wetting and low foaming traits. Its utility is broad, spanning mechanical dishwashing, metal cleaning, spray washing, general-purpose cleaning, emulsion polymerization, textile wetting, and scouring, as well as an additive for agricultural products.

STEPANATE® SCS-40-E is a product that serves as a solubilizer, coupling agent, and cloud point depressant in heavy-duty cleaners, wax strippers, dishwashing detergents, and applications within the oil field and metalworking sectors. It is kosher-certified and serves markets including home care, industrial products, and institutional and industrial cleaning.

BIO-SOFT® N25-9 is a c12–15 linear alcohol ethoxylate with a high hlb, offering emulsification, moderate foam, detergency, and excellent wetting. Its high cloud point promotes formulation clarity. This product is commonly used in laundry detergents, textiles, hard surface cleaning, paints, and institutional and industrial cleaning applications.

AMPHOSOL® CS-50 is an amphoteric surfactant that can be used as a secondary surfactant, providing foam boosting and viscosity building for personal care and hi&i applications. It is a cocamidopropyl hydroxysultaine that is bio-based, kosher certified, naturally derived, sulfate-free, eo/po-free, and plant-derived.

BIO-TERGE® PAS-8S is a low-foaming anionic surfactant with excellent coupling and wetting properties. Its versatility shines in formulating hi&i cleaners, covering areas like hard surface cleaning, carpet cleaning, machine dishwashing, and glass cleaning. Its compliance with the u.S. Epa safer choice program and cleangredients.Org adds to its appeal.

STEPANATE® SCS takes on multiple roles as a solubilizer, coupling agent, and cloud point depressant. It's used in various applications, including heavy-duty cleaners, wax strippers, dishwashing detergents, and metalworking. Its chemical group belongs to hydrotropic sulfonates, and it holds kosher certification.

BIO-SOFT® D-40 is a sodium salt of linear alkylbenzene sulfonic acid with approximately 38% active content. Its addition of hydrotrope gives it a clear and fluid consistency at room temperature. This high-foaming surfactant excels in fast wetting and emulsification, making it suitable for cleaning formulations desiring foam. It is compliant with the u.S. Epa safer choice program's surfactant screen and listed on cleangredients.Org.