Products in Personal Hygiene: Foam Booster

STEPAN-MILD® GCC is an ester that combines thickening, foam enhancement, and solubilizing properties. Formulated in various personal care products like shampoos, body washes, liquid soaps, and skin creams, it stands out as mild, peg, eo/po, and nitrogen-free. It fits into cold mix formulations and aligns with the u.S. Epa safer choice program's surfactant screen and cleangredients listing. An rspo mass balance-certified version is also available.

AMMONYX® MCO serves as an amphoteric surfactant, functioning as a cleansing agent, foam booster, and viscosity builder in personal care and h&i cleaning products. Its roles span 2 in 1 shampoo, automatic dishwashing detergents, body wash, carwash automatic, carwash hand, facial cleansers, fine fabric wash, floor cleaners, and more.

BIO-TERGE® AS-90 COARSE is a versatile, highly active anionic surfactant providing excellent wetting, foaming, and deterrent properties in alkaline, acidic, or neutral media and in the presence of metallic salts commonly found in hard waters. These characteristics make it suitable for a variety of personal care, household, and industrial applications, such as shampoo (bar soap), handsoap, bath products, and cleaning products, but it can also be used as a firefighting foamer or air-entraining agent for mortar and plaster.

MAPROSYL® 30-MP is a mild, soap-like detergent renowned for its outstanding wetting and foaming characteristics. MAPROSYL® 30-MP delivers efficient detergency and good rinsing properties, displaying compatibility with anionic, cationic, and nonionic surfactants. This product is particularly suited for apac formulations.

AMPHOSOL® 2CSF-AF is an alcohol-free disodium cocoamphodipropionate. This mild amphoteric surfactant is used as a secondary surfactant, foam booster, and viscosity builder in personal care and h&i cleaning. The product is bio-based, kosher-certified, naturally derived, plant-derived, salt-free, sulfate-free, and eo/po-free.

STEPANOL® WA-EXTRA is an anionic surfactant notable for its excellent foaming and viscosity characteristics. It's utilized in personal care and detergent formulations, spanning shampoo, hand soap, bath products, light-duty liquids, and fine fabric wash. It's also employed as a textile scouring and foaming additive in industrial contexts.

AMPHOSOL® CDB-HP-E is a preservative-free mild surfactant that enhances the viscosity response of sulfate-free and traditional anionic surfactant systems. It is designed for easy handling and cold processing, serving as a secondary surfactant, foam booster, or static control agent. Compatible with anionic, nonionic, and cationic surfactants, this amphoteric surfactant offers flexibility in selecting a preservative for the final formulation.

AMMONYX® MO operates as a myristamine oxide, functioning as a cleansing agent, foam stabilizer, and viscosity builder in personal care and h&i products. This amphoteric surfactant is suitable for high-viscosity formulations and finds applications in various markets, including agricultural solutions, home care, institutional and industrial cleaning, personal care, and vehicle care.

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.

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.

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.

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.

AMPHOSOL® 2C is disodium cocoamphodiacetate, a mild amphoteric surfactant known for its role as a foam booster and viscosity builder in a variety of personal care applications. Its applications encompass 2 in 1 shampoo, baby care, body scrubs, body wash, facial cleansers, hand soaps, make-up removers, men's grooming, shampoos, shower gel, and soap bars within the personal care market.

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.

AMPHOSOL® LB-HP is a lauramidopropyl betaine used in a variety of applications for personal care, home care, and institutional and industrial cleaning. This amphoteric surfactant can be used to boost foam and build viscosity in formulations. It is preserved with excess alkalinity, which allows the formulator flexibility when choosing a preservative for their finished formulation.

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.

AMPHOSOL® PK-30, extracted from refined coconut oil, stands out as a low-odor betaine renowned for its mildness and gentle touch. Its versatility extends across a spectrum of applications, ranging from liquid cleansing to pet care, where its exceptional properties ensure an effective yet gentle cleansing experience, catering to a diverse range of needs with unparalleled efficacy and reliability.

STEOL® CS-170 UB is a 70% active, 1-mol sodium laureth sulfate recognized for its high activity, flowable paste form, excellent foaming, and mildness properties. Its applications are wide-ranging, encompassing shampoos, bath products, cleansing formulations, detergents, dishwashers, laundry, institutional and industrial cleaners, textile detergents, and wet processing.

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® L3-G/MB is a viscosity builder, foam booster, emulsifier, and emollient that can be used in a variety of personal care formulations, including shampoo, body wash, liquid soap, bubble bath, facial cleanser, and cream and lotion formulations. This rspo mass balance-certified ingredient is best suited for use in european formulations.

NINOL® M10 is a prilled nonionic surfactant, specifically a coconut mipa amide. This surfactant contributes to viscosity building, foam boosting, and foam stabilization. It maintains stability across neutral, alkaline, and acidic systems. Its common uses include shampoos, bath products, and liquid hand soaps.

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® 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.

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® 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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® 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® 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.

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.

ALPHA-STEP® BSS-45 is an anionic surfactant derived from oleochemicals. Its usability extends to personal care products, particularly toilet combo soap bars. It carries attributes such as being bio-based, kosher-certified, plant-derived, sulfate-free, and functioning as a foam booster. Its roles encompass applications in 2-in-1 shampoos, body scrubs, body washes, facial cleansers, hand soaps, and more.

STEOL® CS-230 is a low-active, 2-mol sodium laureth sulfate lauded for its excellent foam properties regardless of water hardness and low skin irritation characteristics. It's a versatile anionic surfactant that extends its applications beyond cleansing. It finds use as a gypsum additive, scouring agent, and additive in textile processing.