Products in Surfactants & Cleansers

NINOL® CMP is a prilled nonionic surfactant based on coconut mea amide, providing foam-boosting, stabilization, and viscosity-building properties. Its applications span personal care products like shampoos, bath products, and liquid dish soaps, as well as laundry detergents, metalworking fluids, cutting fluids, and drawing compounds.

STEPANATE® AXS is an anionic surfactant providing hydrotropic/solubilizing and coupling properties. It is used in light-duty cleaners, heavy-duty cleaners, wax strippers, and dishwashing detergents. STEPANATE® AXS can also be used in agricultural and industrial textile applications. The product is kosher-certified.

AMPHOSOL® DM is a mild amphoteric surfactant derived from c12–14 alkyl dimethyl amine. It acts as a primary or secondary surfactant, boosting foam, enhancing viscosity, and providing antistatic properties. It is compatible with anionic, nonionic, and cationic systems, making it suitable for a range of personal care products, including bubble baths, shampoos, hand soaps, and pet care items. Additionally, it finds application in liquid dishwashing formulations. An rspo mass balance-certified version of this product is also available.

STEPANOL® AMV PCK is an ammonium lauryl sulfate that can be used to achieve high-viscosity formulations. This anionic surfactant provides excellent foam and viscosity characteristics. It finds application in shampoos, body washes, liquid hand soaps, and bath products. This product is ideal for use in acidic shampoos and gel products.

STEPANOL® AM-BA is an anionic surfactant that can be used in a variety of applications, including liquid hand soaps, shampoos, and bath products. This ammonium lauryl sulfate preserved with benzoic acid provides excellent foam and viscosity characteristics. It is bio-based, kosher certified, naturally derived, and plant-derived.

AMMONYX® LO is a lauramine oxide that finds applications in personal care, hi&i applications as foam enhancers, viscosity builders, and as emulsifiers and lubricants in textile applications. It offers long-lasting foam. This product meets the u.S. Epa safer choice program's surfactant screen and is listed on cleangredients.

STEOL® CS-270 C is a high-active, concentrated paste at 70% activity level. This 2-mole sodium laureth sulfate functions effectively across various applications, including detergents, dishwashers, laundry products, shampoos, bath products, liquid hand soaps, and industrial cleaners. Its robust foaming capacity remains consistent irrespective of water hardness, and its low skin irritation properties are noteworthy. Furthermore, it is suitable as an additive and scouring agent in textile and agricultural applications.

STEPAN-MILD® SBN, a distinctive blend of anionic surfactants, stands out for its remarkable foaming potential, facilitating effortless viscosity building. Notably, it offers a lower potential for irritability in comparison to SLES (Sodium Lauryl Ether Sulfate), ensuring a gentle and soothing cleansing experience. This unique formulation combines effectiveness with enhanced skin compatibility, making it a preferred choice for formulations prioritizing both performance and user comfort.

MAKON® L64 is a nonionic eo/po block copolymer displaying low foaming, good detergency, and water solubility. Its range of applications spans household, industrial, institutional, agriculture, paints and coatings, metalworking, pulp and paper, and textiles. Its suitability is evident in laundry, floor cleaning, food processing, rinse aids, pulp and paper, and agricultural pesticide formulations. It also maintains a low ash content, consistent with other products in the makon® line.

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.

LATHANOL® LAL COARSE is a mild anionic surfactant providing foaming, wetting, and emulsification. It can be used in bubble baths, shampoos, and cleansing creams. Its primary function is as a foam booster. It can be used in bubble baths, shampoos, and cleansing creams. This product is bio-based, naturally derived, plant-derived, preservative-free, sulfate-free, and eo-po-free. It is kosher-certified.

STEPAN® PEARL 4 is a unique anionic/ester/nonionic blend that enables the creation of a pearlescent appearance in personal care products like shampoos, bubble baths, hand soaps, and more without requiring additional heating or extended processing time. Its special emulsifier package ensures exceptional pearlescence through cold blending.

STEPANOL® DCFAS-N is an anionic surfactant offering a rapid viscosity response. Its versatility spans applications in dishwashing liquids, laundry detergents, hard surface cleaners, shampoos, body washes, liquid hand soaps, facial cleansers, and bath products. Notably, it meets the u.S. Epa safer choice program's surfactant screen and is listed on cleangredients.

NINOL® 96-SL is a lauryl methyl ester-based dea amide providing excellent foaming and viscosity building. This solid nonionic surfactant is used in shampoos, bath products, detergents, and light-duty liquids. The product is bio-based, naturally derived, plant-derived, preservative-free, and sulfate-free. It is kosher certified.

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® 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-MILD® L3 is a multi-functional ingredient with various roles, including viscosity building, foam boosting, emulsification, and emollience. It's a valuable addition to formulations like shampoo, body wash, liquid soap, bubble bath, facial cleanser, and cream or lotion. Moreover, it aligns with the u.S. Epa safer choice program's standards and is listed on cleangredients.

STEPAN-MILD® SL3-BA is a 30% active disodium salt of a 3-mole ethoxylated lauryl sulfosuccinate. It stands as a mild cleansing agent that finds its way into shampoos, hand soaps, baby shampoos, bubble baths, cleansing products, creams, lotions, and even the manufacture of latexes.

STEOL® CS-270 is a concentrated 70% active flowable paste comprising 2-mol sodium laureth sulfate. Its versatile application includes detergents, dishwashers, laundry products, shampoos, bath products, liquid hand soaps, and industrial cleaners. This anionic surfactant excels in producing foam regardless of water hardness, with skin irritation properties being minimal. It is also beneficial as an additive and scouring agent in textile and agricultural applications.

AMMONYX® 4B is a substantive ammonium quaternary used in applications such as hair conditioners, rinses, mousses, creams, and lotions. It fulfills the functions of enhancing skin feel and acting as a textile antistatic agent. It finds relevance in the personal care and industrial product markets.

NINOL® CAA stands for a naturally derived esthetic enhancer and fragrance solubilizer. Its large hansen solubility sphere enables the solubilization of fragrances and other organic materials at room temperature. Despite its capacity for dissolving, it maintains viscosity and foaming performance. As a dea-free nonionic surfactant, it offers viscosity-building performance and foam stabilization similar to traditional amides and betaines, presenting an effective solution that meets both performance and esthetic needs.

NINOL® 40-CO is a cochin oil-based dea amide generated through a type 1:1 reaction between the ester of a fatty acid and diethanolamine. It contributes to viscosity building, foam boosting, and stabilization. Its uses encompass shampoos, bubble baths, light-duty liquids, cutting fluids, drawing compounds, and metalworking cleaners.

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.

AMMONYX® CETAC-30 is a cationic surfactant with its primary application in hair conditioners, hair styling aids, creams, and lotions. Its functions encompass enhancing skin feel and acting as a textile antistatic agent. Its presence spans across the home care, industrial products, institutional and industrial cleaning, and personal care markets. It's worth noting that the product is kosher-certified, preservative-free, and sulfate-free.

STEOL® CS-225 is a low-active 2-mol sodium laureth sulfate with strong wetting, foaming, and detergent characteristics. It's employed in shampoos, body washes, cleansing products, liquid hand wash formulations, and even textile applications. This mild anionic surfactant is widely utilized in mexico, central america, and south america.

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.

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.

ALPHA-STEP® PC-48 is an anionic surfactant derived from oleochemicals and is extensively utilized in household, industrial, and personal care applications. It meets the u.S. Epa safer choice program's surfactant screen and clean ingredients listing. Its functions include serving as a foam booster, and it boasts attributes like being bio-based, kosher (certified), naturally derived, plant-derived, preservative-free, sulfate-free, and eo po-free.

STEPANQUAT® Helia is a modern hair conditioning agent with hair-friendly and environmentally-friendly attributes. This mild, naturally-derived cationic surfactant is perfect for hair conditioners and skincare products. It imparts excellent wet and dry combability to hair, along with detangling and a soft, conditioned feel. Moreover, it provides substantive conditioning without causing buildup. In skincare applications, it delivers a unique, soft, conditioned skin feel and emulsification for oil-in-water (o/w) emulsions.

MERPOL® A is an alcohol phosphate that offers attributes such as low foam generation, effective wetting, and reliable emulsification. It serves a range of applications, including metal processing, composite handling, printing ink manufacturing, and coatings. Classified within the chemical group of alcohol phosphate esters, its functions encompass being a plastic anti-static agent, pigment dispersant, and textile lubricating agent.

STEPAN-MILD® GCC-FL/MB is a mass balance-certified compound resulting from the esterification of glycerin derived from vegetable oil sources and medium-chain fatty acids sourced from coconut or palm kernel oil. It's augmented with 1,3-propanediol. Its roles encompass acting as a foam booster and texturizer while also functioning as a viscosity builder and skin feel enhancer.

STEPANOL® AM is an anionic surfactant recognized for its exceptional foam and viscosity properties. It finds utility in various applications including liquid hand soaps, bath products, carpet and upholstery cleaners, textile wet processing and scouring, as well as metalworking processes. Some of its key features include ease of handling, foam enhancement, and high purity.

STEPANQUAT® ML is a quaternary compound intended for use in hair conditioners, hair styling aids, creams, and lotions. Its functions include conditioning, static control, and emulsification for both oil-in-water and water-in-oil emulsions. It finds application across various markets including Food & Nutrition, Household, Industrial & Institutional Care, and Personal Care.

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.

STEOL® CA-330 is a low-active, 3-mole ammonium laureth sulfate with commendable foaming and viscosity characteristics, coupled with low skin irritation potential. Its versatile applications span children's cleaning products, shampoos, bath products, cleansing products, industrial foaming agents, and various agricultural formulations.

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.