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6 Brands found on Stepan Company in Cosmetic Ingredients

Applications:Agricultural Pest Control, Laundry & Fabric Care, Hand Hygiene
Product Families:Wetting & Dispersion Aids, Emulsifiers & Demulsifiers, Anionic Surfactants
Chemical Family:Linear Alkylbenzene Sulfonic Acid (LABSA), Ethoxylated Fatty Alcohols, Alcohol Ethoxylates
INCI Name:TEA-Dodecylbenzenesulfonate, Isopropylamine Dodecylbenzenesulfonate
End Uses:Body Wash, Facial Cleanser, Hand Soap

BIO-SOFT® is a nonionic surfactant blend that is an excellent cleaner, degreaser, and detergent. It can be formulated into concentrates and ready-to-use products for household, industrial, and institutional applications.

Applications:Textile Manufacturing, Laundry & Fabric Care, Textiles & Nonwovens
Product Families:Finishing Additives & Treatments, Cationic Surfactants, Performance Additives
INCI Name:PEG-30 Castor Oil, Dirapeseedoylethyl Hydroxyethylmonium Methosulfate
End Uses:Textiles, Textile Softeners, Fabric Softeners

STEPANTEX® is a cationic surfactant providing excellent softening, cold water dispersability and good rewetting properties. It is used in household and industrial fabric softeners.

Applications:Surface Care, Laundry & Fabric Care, Industrial Cleaning
Product Families:Foam Control Agents, Rheology Modifiers, Nonionic Surfactants
Chemical Family:Amides
INCI Name:Lauramide DEA, Cocamide DEA, PEG-6 Cocamide
End Uses:Body Wash, Hair Color, Skin Cleanser

NINOL® is a nonionic surfactant providing viscosity building, foam boosting, foam stabilization properties.

Applications:Textile Manufacturing, Food & Beverage Manufacturing, Fluids & Lubricants
Product Families:Pre-Treatment Auxiliaries, Recycling Aids, Surface Protective Additives
Chemical Family:Ethoxylates, Polyols, Polyglycols
INCI Name:Poloxamer 181, Poloxamer 184, Poloxamer 331
End Uses:Hair Conditioner, Metalworking Fluids, Cutting Oils

MAKON® UD-Series of products are fast wetters due to their C11 branched carbon chain. They are faster wetters than nonylphenol ethoxylates (NP) and tridecyl alcohol ethoxylates (TDA). They also have good initial foam height with fast foam break, useful in applications like industrial clean-in-place and laundry.

Applications:Textile Manufacturing, Commercial Laundry, Food & Beverage Manufacturing
Product Families:Finishing Additives & Treatments, Rheology Modifiers & Stabilizers, Foam Control
Chemical Family:Phosphorous-based Compounds, Organophosphates, Phosphate Esters
End Uses:Parts Cleaners, Equipment Cleaners, Metal Cleaners

MERPOL® is an alcohol phosphate providing low foam, wetting and emulsification

Applications:Textile Manufacturing, Pulping & Processing, Agricultural Pest Control
Product Families:Finishing Additives & Treatments, Recycling Aids, Defoamers
INCI Name:Nonoxynol-9
End Uses:Paper & Pulp, Textiles, Industrial Cleaners

IGEPAL is a nonionic surfactant finding application in household and industrial controlled foam detergents, industrial metal cleaners, floor cleaners and waterless hand cleaners.