Clariant Expands EcoTain Offerings for Personal Care

Clariant has granted its EcoTain sustainability and performance excellence label to its GlucoTain range of sugar-based surfactants for personal care formulations. The announcement follows the company's systematic, in-depth screening process using 36 criteria in all three sustainability dimensions—social, environmental and economic.
 
The GlucoTain surfactant range, presented at in-cosmetics in Barcelona, allows formulating of more ecological products: they are based on 95% natural, renewable resources of vegetable origin. The EO-free and sulfate-free ingredients are readily biodegradable with 94 -95% RCI (Renewable Carbon Index) and a good eco-tox profi le., enabling EU Ecolabel and Nordic Swan certification.
 
In addition, GlucoTain helps to reduce formulation complexity by enabling the use of fewer components such as thickeners and conditioning agents. The EcoTain screening process has shown GlucoTain surfactants to be best-in-class in improving directly material efficiency in the use phase. Better viscosity control and solubilizing properties are among further performance features also simplifying formulation development, according to Clariant.