Products in Food Facility Cleaning & Sanitization: Polyglycols

Pluronic® L 61 is a 100% active low-foaming surfactant crafted for commercial dishwashers, ensuring thorough wetting and preventing excessive foaming. Its versatility extends to serving as a foam control agent in machine floor cleaning applications.

MAKON® L61 is a nonionic eo/po block copolymer known for its low foaming, defoaming, and water-in-oil emulsification attributes. Its versatility spans markets like household, industrial, institutional, agriculture, paints and coatings, metalworking, and textiles. It finds usage in areas such as defoaming, metal cleaning, spray washing, warewashing, general-purpose cleaning, textile wetting and scouring, agricultural adjuvants, and non-foaming emulsions. It is another product within the makon® line, featuring low ash content.

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.

Pluronic® 25R2 is a 100% active product suitable for use in low-temperature commercial dishwashing machines. It provides good defoaming and wetting properties and is heavily used in the industry as a rinse aid for low-temperature commercial dish machines. It is also suitable for machine floor cleaning as a foam controlling agent.

Pluronic® L 81 is a low-foaming surfactant that is 100% active and suitable for use in low-temperature commercial dishwashing machines. It provides good defoaming and wetting properties, making it suitable for use in food service and kitchen hygiene applications. The product is listed on Safer Choice. Pluronic® L 81 is commonly used in automatic dishwashing and bottle wash applications.

Pluronic® L62 is a 100% active, low-foaming surfactant that is suitable for use in high-temperature commercial dishwashing machines. It is listed on the EPA’s Safer Chemical Ingredients List and offers benefits such as low foaming solutions and wetting and low foam capabilities.

Pluronic® L 61 is a 100% active product and suitable for low-temperature commercial dishwashing machines. It is a low-foaming surfactant that provides good defoaming and wetting. In addition to its use in dishwashing machines, it is also suitable for machine floor cleaning as a foam controlling agent.

Pluronic® 17R4 is a 100% active product that is ideal for use as a foam controlling agent in machine floor cleaning applications. The final choice of surfactant will depend on the specific formulation. This EO/PO-block polymer has approximately 40% EO and a cloud point of 46°C.

Pluronic® N3 is a 100% active product suitable for low temperature commercial dishwashing machines. It provides excellent defoaming and wetting, with a low foaming surfactant and a cloud point of 28°C. It has very good synergy with Plurafac SLF 180 when used as a rinse aid in a low temperature dishwashing machine and is listed on EPA’s Safer Chemical Ingredients List. Final surfactant choice is formulation dependent.

Pluronic® 31R1 is a 100% active product with a cloud point of 25°C. It is suitable for machine floor cleaning as an excellent foam controlling agent and provides very good defoaming properties. The final surfactant choice depends on the formulation. It is listed on EPA’s Safer Chemical Ingredients List and is suitable for institutional cleaning and sanitation as well as food and beverage processing and kitchen hygiene.