BASF Launches Sustainable Palm-Oil Based Surfactant

German speciality chemicals firm BASF has launched a surfactant using Rountable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)-certified ingredients that can be used in a range of personal care products, Oils & Fats International reported on November 27.  

The company announced its sustainable and biodegradable anionic surfactant, Texapon SFA, at the SEPAWA Congress in Berlin last month.  Speaking to Cosmetic Design-Europe, Dr Claudia Brunn, manager for global product development of surfactants at BASF, said Texapon had taken a few years to develop because of the many requirements needed for new surfactants.   “Texapon is 100% biodegradable and suitable as an alternative to surfactants containing sulphate,”  BASF said in a press release.