Glycerol Monostearate or IRAPON GMS, synthesized from glycerol and stearic acid, is a white solid compound. It is used as a viscosity modifier, emulsifier, humectant, wetting agent, solubilizer, emollient, anti-static agent, and preservative in cosmetic and personal care products such as cleansers, shampoos, liquid hand soaps, creams, and other makeup products.
Viscosity and Stability Enhancement: IRAPON GMS acts as a viscosity modifier, contributing to the viscosity and stability of formulations. In food grade, it can be added to food products like ice cream and cream to increase thickness.
Opacifying (Silkening) Agent: Glycerol Monostearate is recognized as a silkening agent, imparting a silky and attractive appearance to the product.
Texture Improvement: IRAPON GMS enhances the texture of personal care, cosmetic, and food products. In personal care and cosmetics, it helps create a softer feel during application, improving the sensory experience for consumers. In food products, due to its anti-caking properties, it prevents the clumping and aggregation of powders and granules, thereby improving the product’s texture.
Compatibility: IRAPON GMS is compatible with a wide range of raw materials used in cosmetic manufacturing and can be utilized to develop multipurpose formulations. It can be blended with various emollients, active ingredients, and surfactants.
Emollient: Glycerol Monostearate (Glycerin monostearate) is used as a softening and emollient agent across cosmetic, personal care, pharmaceutical, and food products.
Emulsifier: Glycerol Monostearate is utilized as an emulsifying agent in food products such as ice cream and cream, producing a smooth and uniform texture.
Moisture Retention: IRAPON GMS helps form a protective barrier on the skin to prevent moisture loss. This property is particularly beneficial for dry skin and hair products, and can soothe and calm dry and sensitive skin.
Multipurpose Applications: The application flexibility of Glycerol Monostearate allows formulators to utilize it across various product categories spanning cosmetics, personal care, and food items, such as creams, lotions, body washes, shampoos, masks, ice cream, cream, and bread.
| Appearance at 25°C | White Flakes |
| Moisture Content (%) | Maximum 1.0 |
| Free Fatty Acid Content (%) | Maximum 2.0 |
| Saponification Value (mg KOH/g) | 182 – 193 |
| Free Amidoamine Content (%) (Potentiometric) | Maximum 1.5 |
| Melting Point (°C) | 54 – 66 |
| Acid Value | Maximum 5 |
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Minimum Order Quantity: 220 kg Tight-Head Metal Drum
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Minimum Order Quantity: 220 kg Tight-Head Plastic Drum
Alkyl Dimethyl Amine Oxide or OXONIL LC is a clear, pale yellow liquid used as a surfactant, foam stabilizer, and foam booster. It features viscosity-building, formulation-stabilizing, conditioning, and coupling properties, and exhibits excellent stability in environments containing hydrogen peroxide and hypochlorite. Compatible with other surfactants—including cationic, anionic, amphoteric, and non-ionic types—and being highly biodegradable, it is widely utilized in household detergents, textile industries, and papermaking.
Minimum Order Quantity: 220 kg Tight-Head Plastic Drum
Bis(acyloxyethyl) ammonium acetate, or Irasoft SD, is a non-ionic surfactant with weak cationic properties, supplied in the form of pale yellow flakes. While predominantly non-ionic, it possesses a slight positive charge. Featuring softening, antistatic, and rewetting properties, along with high thermal yellowing resistance, it remains stable at concentrations of 1% to 10% and is compatible with textile finishing agents, making it ideal as an active softening agent in textiles.
Minimum Order Quantity: 20 kg Bag
PEG-7 Glyceryl Cocoate, or Irapon GC, is a non-ionic water-soluble surfactant with low irritation potential, derived from coconut oil and polyethylene glycol (PEG). It serves as an exceptionally mild cleanser, dispersant, thickener, and solubilizer used in personal care formulations requiring low skin and eye irritation. This compound is compatible with other non-ionic surfactants as well as most anionic and cationic surfactants.
Minimum Order Quantity: 220 kg Double-Bung Plastic Drum
Benzalkonium Chloride (BAC) or RETANIL is a chemical raw material belonging to the quaternary ammonium compounds class available in 20% and 50% concentrations. Possessing a cationic active surface, it is primarily used as a low-foaming surfactant, retarder, leveling agent, and dye evening agent in the dyeing and textile industries, as well as a powerful antimicrobial against a wide spectrum of microorganisms in the livestock industry with low toxicity.
Minimum Order Quantity: 220 kg Tight-Head Plastic Drum
Soyamid Fatty Acid Diethanol Amide (SFDA) or IRAMID VD, a non-ionic surfactant based on soybean oil and diethanolamine, featuring conditioning, foam-boosting, and viscosity-enhancing properties even at low electrolyte concentrations, has the ability to increase viscosity, even more than similar coconut-based materials.
Minimum Order Quantity: 220 kg used double-opening metal drum and new double-opening plastic drum
n-Alkyl dimethyl benzyl ammonium chloride 50 or Benzalkonium Chloride 50 or BENZALKONIL 50, a low-foaming cationic surfactant and quaternary ammonium compound, is used in disinfectant and sanitizer products. By disrupting the cell membrane of microorganisms, this substance causes the inactivation or destruction of microbes and viruses, and it is used as a disinfecting agent, preservative, surfactant, antistatic agent, and bio-based corrosion inhibitor.
Minimum Order Quantity: 220 kg Double-Neck Plastic Drum
AMPHONIL C45 (Cocamidopropyl Betaine with higher active content) is an amphoteric surfactant based on dimethylaminopropylamine and coconut oil. It is used as a primary or secondary surfactant in personal care products, including moisturizing creams, shampoos, body wash products, liquid soaps, and conditioners, as well as in household care products such as hand wash and dishwashing liquids. Compared with similar products, this ingredient has higher dry residue and active content, which helps reduce production costs for personal and household care product manufacturers.
Minimum Order Quantity: One 220 kg Double-Opening Plastic Drum
Ethylene Glycol Distearate 50% and Ethylene Glycol Monostearate 50% or IRAPON 50, synthesized from ethylene glycol and stearic acid, is a white to yellowish solid compound. It is used as an emollient, viscosity modifier, pearlizing agent, and opacifier in cosmetic and personal care products such as cleansers, shampoos, liquid hand soaps, creams, and other makeup products.
Minimum Order Quantity: 20 kg Bag
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Minimum Order Quantity: 20 kg Bag
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Minimum Order Quantity: 220 kg Double-L-Ring Plastic Drum
