Humectants

Acids & Salts

Sodium PCA

CAS 28874-51-3

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Polymers & Resins

Sodium Polyacrylate

CAS 9003-04-7

The sodium salt of polyacrylic acid that absorbs many times its weight in water and disperses scale-forming minerals. Depending on grade it is used as a superabsorbent polymer, as a thickener and film former in personal-care and household products, and as a dispersant, antiscalant and…

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Amines & Amides

Sodium Polyglutamate (Sodium PGA)

CAS 25513-46-6

Water-soluble polyamino-acid biopolymer for humectancy and film formation in cosmetic systems. It is used as a humectant and film-forming agent in cosmetic formulations and as a chelating agent.

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Specialty Additives

Starch

CAS 9005-25-8

A versatile plant polysaccharide used as a thickener, binder, and sizing agent across food and industry. It is an established thickener, binder, and stabilizer in food and a sizing and adhesive base in paper and textile processing.

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Esters

Sulfated Castor Oil (Turkey Red Oil)

CAS 8002-33-3

A classic water-soluble sulfated oil that wets, emulsifies, and levels across textile and leather processing. It is used as a wetting agent, emulsifier, and dyeing/leveling assistant in textiles, in leather fatliquoring, and as a defoaming and processing aid.

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Surfactants - Anionic

Thiourea

CAS 62-56-6

A versatile organosulfur reagent for reductive textile chemistry, metal recovery, and chemical synthesis. its principal uses are as an intermediate in producing thiourea dioxide for wool and textile processing, in ore (precious-metal) leaching, in diazo copy papers, as a catalyst in fumaric-acid synthesis, and in…

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Natural Extracts & Oils

Tremella Fuciformis Extract

CAS 778577-37-0

A fungal botanical extract used as an ingredient in personal-care formulation. It is supplied as an ingredient for cosmetic and personal-care formulations.

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Polymers & Resins

Tricontanyl PVP

CAS 136445-69-7

An alkylated PVP polymer used as a formulation additive in personal care. It is supplied as an ingredient for cosmetic and personal-care formulations.

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Glycols & Polyols

Triethylene Glycol (TEG)

CAS 112-27-6

A moisture-loving glycol for humectant, solvent, and air-sanitation duty. It is used as a humectant, a solvent for resins, dyes, and textile processing, a plasticizer, and as a disinfectant/air-sanitizing agent.

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Glycols & Polyols

Trimethylolpropane (TMP)

CAS 77-99-6

A trifunctional polyol that introduces branch points and crosslink density into resin and ester systems. Industry references record its use in alkyd resins, polyesters, urethane foams and coatings, UV-crosslinking agents and esters, and synthetic ester lubricants.

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Acids & Salts

Urea (Carbamide)

CAS 57-13-6

The benchmark high-nitrogen building block bridging fertilizer, resin, and formulation chemistries. It is used as a nitrogen fertilizer and livestock feed nutrient, as a monomer for urea-formaldehyde and melamine resins, and as a humectant and skin-conditioning agent in cosmetics.

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Glycols & Polyols

Vegetable Glycerin (Glycerin, Glycerol)

CAS 56-81-5

A versatile plant-sourced polyol that moisturizes, dissolves, and bodies formulations across countless categories. It functions as a humectant, solvent, and emulsifier across food, personal-care, and industrial formulations, and serves as a carrier solvent, thickener, and antifreeze/freeze-thaw additive.

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Specialty Additives

White Petrolatum (Petroleum Jelly, Petrolatum)

CAS 8009-03-8

A refined, near-colorless hydrocarbon jelly that serves equally as a cosmetic emollient base and an industrial moisture barrier. The white grade is used as an emollient and base in cosmetic and personal-care products, and industrially as a lubricant, rust preventive, and moisture barrier.

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Glycols & Polyols

Xylitol

CAS 87-99-0

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Natural Extracts & Oils

Yeast Extract

CAS 8013-01-2

A protein-rich autolysate prized for both savory flavor and as a fermentation nutrient base. It is used as a savory (umami) flavoring and seasoning ingredient in food manufacturing and as a nutrient-rich nitrogen and vitamin source in microbiological culture and fermentation media.

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Specialty Additives

Zinc PCA (Zinc Pyrrolidone Carboxylate, Zinc Pidolate)

CAS 15454-75-8

A multifunctional zinc-PCA grade for personal-care formulators seeking moisture-binding actives. It is used in personal-care formulations as a humectant and skin-conditioning agent.

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