Products in Personal Hygiene: Surfactant

AMPHOSOL® MLB is a mild amphoteric surfactant that provides foam boosting and viscosity building for applications in personal care, home care, and industrial products. This surfactant is bio-based, naturally derived, sulfate-free, and eo po-free. Its primary function is to enhance foam and thicken formulations.

STEPANBLEND® APB is a mild surfactant concentrate blend meticulously formulated to streamline personal care cleansing formulations such as shampoos, liquid hand soaps and other bath products. It offers versatility for clear, opaque, or pearlescent formulations, allowing usage at 15-25% by weight, or less for economy formulations.

AMPHOSOL® HCG is a naturally-derived cocamidopropyl betaine with 30% actives. This mild amphoteric surfactant offers foam boosting and viscosity building across personal care, hard surface cleaning, and specialty foamer products. Like other products, it carries attributes such as being bio-based, kosher-certified, naturally derived, plant-derived, sulfate-free, and free of eo and po.

STEPAN-MILD® LSB is a mild surfactant blend with commendable foam quality and viscosity-building properties. It finds utility in baby products, shampoos, bubble baths, liquid hand soaps, shower gels, and bath products. Furthermore, being bio-based, naturally derived, plant-derived, and sulfate-free enhances its appeal.

MAKON® L101 is a nonionic eo/po block copolymer distinguished for water-in-oil emulsification, low foaming, defoaming, and fast wetting attributes. Its usage spans metalworking, paints and coatings, agriculture, and industrial applications. Its core applications include anti-foaming, defoaming, oil cutting, dispersants, water-in-oil emulsifiers, emulsion polymerization, and textiles. It is a low-ash product.

STEPANOL® AMV is an ammonium lauryl sulfate that offers excellent foam and viscosity characteristics. It's widely used in various applications, including shampoos, liquid hand soaps, bath products, household and industrial detergents, and rug and upholstery cleaners. It's particularly well-suited for acidic shampoo systems and gel products.

CEDEPAL® TD-403 MFLD is sodium trideceth sulfate. This mild, branched-chain anionic surfactant provides excellent wetting and foaming properties. This surfactant is well suited for mild cleansing products, baby products, shampoos, liquid hand soaps, and bath products. CEDEPAL® TD-403 MFLD is kosher-certified.

STEPANOL® WA-100, derived through Stepan's advanced sulfation process of fatty alcohol with SO3, is a high-quality, spray-dried sodium lauryl sulfate powder with remarkable purity. Its versatility shines through, as it serves as an excellent foaming agent and mouth dispersant in dentifrices. Notably, its low levels of unsulfated material eliminate the bitter taste often associated with other sodium lauryl sulfates, enhancing the overall sensory experience in toothpaste formulations.

STEPANOL® PB offers a pearlescent surfactant concentrate for personal care applications like shampoos, hand soaps, body washes, facial cleansers, and bath products. Its ease of formulation involves water addition, preservative, and fragrance, yielding the desired product. It is derived from natural and plant-based sources, is kosher certified, and is suitable for personal care.

STEPANOL® WA-EXTRA PCK is a liquid anionic surfactant that provides excellent foaming and was designed for higher viscosity formulations. It is utilized in a variety of personal care, household detergent formulations, and textile applications. This product meets the u.S. Epa safer choice program's surfactant screen and is listed on cleangredients.Org.

STEPANOL® WAT-K is an anionic surfactant with excellent foam and viscosity characteristics. It can be used in shampoos, bubble baths, liquid hand soaps, liquid dishwashing detergents, and liquid laundry detergents. It provides formulations with a dense, creamy foam. It is bio-based, kosher certified, naturally derived, and plant-derived.

NINOL® COMF-N is available in a flaked form of coconut MEA amide, providing properties such as foam boosting, stabilization, and viscosity enhancement. This nonionic surfactant holds value in personal care applications such as shampoos, personal cleansers, liquid dish detergents, and laundry detergents.

BIO-SOFT® N-300 is a triethanolamine salt of linear alkylbenzene sulfonic acid. This anionic surfactant finds application in personal care products such as shampoo and bubble bath formulations as well as agricultural applications. It also exhibits excellent wetting, foaming, and detergent properties.

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® 804 is a mild surfactant blend, suitable for formulating shampoos, body washes, and liquid hand wash formulations. Its primary function is as a foam booster, and its application spans various personal care products, including 2-in-1 shampoos, body scrubs, facial cleansers, hand soaps, and more. Its market presence is noted in personal care, and it holds kosher certification.

STEPANOL® ALS 25 serves as an anionic surfactant with remarkable foam and viscosity traits. Its applications span liquid hand soaps, bath products, carpet and upholstery cleaners, and textile scouring. Being bio-based, kosher certified, naturally derived, and plant-derived, it's an environmentally friendly choice.

AMPHOSOL® CDB-HP is an enhanced amphoteric surfactant designed for cold processing and easy handling. It functions as a secondary surfactant, contributing to viscosity building and foam boosting across an array of personal care applications. Its flexibility in preservation choice is a valuable feature for formulators.

AMPHOSOL® DM-X is a mild amphoteric surfactant derived from C12–14 alkyl dimethyl amine, serving as a primary or secondary surfactant. It boosts foam, builds viscosity, and acts as an antistatic agent. Compatible with anionic, nonionic, and cationic systems, it finds use in various personal care applications.

AMPHOSOL® LB is a mild amphoteric surfactant derived from narrow-cut methyl esters. This lauramidopropyl betaine is known for its capabilities in foam boosting and viscosity building, finding applications across personal care, home care, and industrial products. Its versatility spans uses such as 2-in-1 shampoo, baby care, body scrubs, body wash, carwash automatic, and carwash hand.

LATHANOL® LAL FLAKE stands as a gentle anionic surfactant boasting foaming, wetting, and emulsification properties. It boasts applicability in an array of personal care products, including 2-in-1 shampoo, body scrubs, body wash, facial cleansers, hand soaps, men's grooming, shampoos, shower gel, and soap bars. The product finds its niche within the personal care market. Notable attributes encompass being bio-based, kosher (certified), naturally derived, plant-derived, preservative-free, sulfate-free, and eo po-free.

BIO-TERGE® AS-90 BEADS is a high-active, spray-dried anionic surfactant that excels in wetting, foaming, and detergency. Its applications span household, personal care, and industrial contexts, including shampoos, liquid hand soaps, bath products, dust control, concrete and firefighting foams, suspension concentrates, suspoemulsions, and agricultural applications.

AMPHOSOL® HCA-HP is a mild amphoteric surfactant derived from coco methyl esters, providing foam boosting and viscosity building in a wide range of personal care, hard surface cleaning, and specialty foamer applications. It is preserved with excess alkalinity, which allows the formulator flexibility when choosing a preservative for their finished formulation.

AMMONYX® LO SPECIAL is a naturally derived lauramine oxide surfactant that plays diverse roles across personal care, household, and industrial products. It serves as a foam enhancer, viscosity builder, and emulsifier in personal care formulations. Moreover, it functions as a lubricant in textile applications.

STEPANQUAT® Soleil is a modern hair conditioning agent that is better for the hair and the environment thanks to its better ecotoxicity profile compared to btac (behentrimonium chloride) and cetac (cetrimonium chloride). Additionally, stepanquat soleil is readily biodegradable, gmo-free, and derived from local renewable or sustainable feedstock. This product smooths each individual hair strand for super-soft, manageable hair without any build-up effect. It allows for easy combing on both wet and dry hair and possesses great substantivity. It conditions hair as well as or better than market-leading conditioning agents while having a very nice environmental profile.

STEPAN-MILD® BSB is a surfactant blend with anionic, nonionic, cationic, and amphoteric components. Its focus is on improving mildness without compromising performance. It's a fitting choice for baby liquid cleansing products and adult products for sensitive skin. Its low irritation properties are particularly advantageous for mild cleansing products.

STEPANOL® WAT-PE is an anionic surfactant with excellent foam and viscosity characteristics. It is used in products like shampoos, bubble baths, liquid hand soaps, liquid dishwashing detergents, and liquid laundry detergents. This product is also bio-based, kosher-certified, naturally derived, and plant-derived.

LATHANOL® LAL Powder is a mild anionic surfactant providing foaming, wetting, and emulsification. 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.

AMPHOSOL® CG-50 is a 37% active form of cocamidopropyl betaine derived from coconut oil. This high-active, mild amphoteric surfactant functions as a secondary surfactant, foam booster, and viscosity builder across personal care products, hard surface cleaning, vehicle care, and specialty foaming applications. It aligns with the surfactant screen of the u.S. Epa safer choice program and is listed on cleangredients.

BIO-TERGE® AS-40 HASB is sodium c14-16 olefin sulfonate that provides excellent viscosity, foam characteristics, and mildness. It is an ideal anionic surfactant for a variety of household, industrial, and institutional cleaning and personal care applications, as well as agricultural formulations and construction products used for concrete bases, firefighting foams, and dust control. It is preserved with excess alkalinity, which allows the formulator flexibility when choosing a preservative for their finished formulation.

MAPROSYL® 30-B is a mild detergent derived from natural fatty acids and n-methyl glycine (sarcosine). It's cold-processable and soap-like, with excellent wetting and foaming properties. It's versatile in various applications, including detergency, and can work alongside anionic, cationic, and nonionic surfactants.

CEDEPAL® TD-403 MKLD is a gentle, branched-chain anionic surfactant renowned for its superb wetting and foaming properties. This sodium trideceth sulfate product is preserved with cit/MIT and is well-suited for mild cleansing products, baby products, shampoos, liquid hand soaps, and bath products.

AMPHOSOL® 1C is a mild amphoteric surfactant, specifically sodium cocoamphoacetate. Its roles encompass functioning as a foam booster and viscosity builder in various personal care applications, including 2 in 1 shampoo, baby care, body scrubs, body wash, facial cleansers, hand soaps, makeup removers, and more. It carries attributes such as being bio-based, kosher-certified, naturally derived, plant-derived, sulfate-free, and free of eo and po.

AMPHOSOL® CA is a cocamidopropyl betaine derived from coco-methyl esters. This mild amphoteric surfactant AMPHOSOL® CA serves as a foam booster and viscosity builder in various personal care applications, as well as specialty foamer applications, hard surface cleaning, and vehicle care.

STEPAN-MILD® PCL-BA is a mild, sulfate-free, anionic surfactant blend preserved with benzoic acid. This blend generates high foam and exhibits good viscosity-building characteristics. It's a common choice in personal care products like shampoo, facial cleanser, body wash, bubble bath, and liquid hand soap.

NINOL® C-5 is a liquid nonionic surfactant categorized as a peg-6 coconut dea amide with properties that enhance foam and viscosity. It plays a role in personal care products like shampoos and bath products and extends its utility to industrial applications, including composite processing.

BIO-SOFT® N-411 is an anionic surfactant in the form of an isopropyl amine salt of linear alkylbenzene sulfonic acid. Its oil solubility and water dispersibility render it ideal for emulsion degreasers, laundry prespotters, dry cleaning products, paint strippers, hard surface cleaners, and as an emulsifier for petroleum-based solvents.