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MaizeCare(TM) Clarity Polymer

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MaizeCare™ Clarity Polymer is a non-GMO, bio-derived hair fixative polymer with exceptional clarity, humidity resistance, durability, and frizz control. It is a biodegradable polymer with film-forming properties that provide a non-tacky feel when styling. The corn-based ingredient can be used as a high-performing fixative polymer that offers curl retention, hair stiffness, and carbomer compatibility for crystal clear formulations.

INCI Name: Hydrolyzed Corn Starch

Functions: Film Former, Hair Fixative

Ingredient Origin: Natural Origin, Non-Animal Origin, Plant Origin

Benefit Claims: Aesthethic Enhancement, Compatibility, Curl Retention, Durable, Ease of Styling, Easy To Handle, Film Forming, Fixative, Frizz Control, Humidity defying, Non-Tacky, Strong Hold

Labeling Claims: Bio-based, Biodegradable, Buy Now, Environmentally Friendly, Natural, Naturally Derived, Non-GMO, Organic, Plant-Based, Vegan

Certifications & Compliance: COSMOS, ECOCERT, ISO 16128, Organic Certified

Knowde Enhanced TDS

Identification & Functionality

Cosmetic Ingredients Functions
CAS No.
8029-43-4
EC No.
232-436-4

Features & Benefits

Product Highlights
  • Styling agent for crystal clear hair styling formulations
  • Cold water formulation process
  • Ideal solution for formulators seeking environmentally friendly ingredient
  • Ability to achieve a range of hold levels with excellent esthetics
  • Compatible with synthetic and natural rheology modifiers
  • Low shear mixing
  • Disperses in minutes
  • 100% natural origin (ISO 16128)
  • Non-GMO and Vegan
  • COSMOS/ECOCERT approved and Readily biodegradable
  • Imparts styling durability
  • Excellent humidity resistance

Applications & Uses

Use Level
0.5 - 5.0%
Applicatons

Styling aids and leave-in conditioners

How to Use

MaizeCare™ Clarity Polymer is an easy-to-use powder that can be rapidly solubilized in water at room temperature with mixing at low shear.

Properties

Appearance
Off-white
Typical Properties
ValueUnitsTest Method / Conditions
Color (1% Dispersion)max. 15APHAASTM D1209
Turbidity Solubilizedmax. 20NTUDOWB 508025
Moisture Content4.0 - 7.0WT%DOWM 102861

Regulatory & Compliance

Technical Details & Test Data

Limitations

This product is neither tested nor represented as suitable for medical or pharmaceutical uses.

Safety & Health

Health and Environmental Information

To support customers in their product safety needs, Dow has an extensive Product Stewardship organization and a team of product safety and regulatory compliance specialists available in each area.

Product Stewardship

Dow has a fundamental concern for all who make, distribute, and use its products, and for the environment in which we live. This concern is the basis for our product stewardship philosophy by which we assess the safety, health, and environmental information on our products and then take appropriate steps to protect employee and public health and our environment. The success of our product stewardship program rests with each and every individual involved with Dow products - from the initial concept and research, to manufacture, use, sale, disposal, and recycle of each product.

Customer Notice

Dow strongly encourages its customers to review both their manufacturing processes and their applications of Dow products from the standpoint of human health and environmental quality to ensure that Dow products are not used in ways for which they are not intended or tested. Dow personnel are available to answer your questions and to provide reasonable technical support. Dow product literature, including safety data sheets, should be consulted prior to use of Dow products. Current safety data sheets are available from Dow.

Packaging & Availability

Packaging Type
Regional Availability
  • Africa
  • Asia Pacific
  • Europe
  • Latin America
  • North America
Packaging

25 kg multilayer bags.

Storage & Handling

Shelf Life
24 months
Usable Life and Storage

Store product in tightly-closed original packaging at temperatures recommended on the product label and protect from humidity.

Disposal Considerations

Dispose in accordance with all local, state (provincial) and federal regulations. Empty containers may contain hazardous residues. This material and its container must be disposed in a safe and legal manner.