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3 Ways to Clean Up with Bio-Based Ingredients

1. Sustainable is the new clean.

Consumers are developing a better understanding of how their personal care habits can impact the environment – especially our waterways. Biodegradable ingredients break down to water, CO2 and organic matter within six months.

2. Help maintain skin health.

Another cleansing trend going mainstream is a better appreciation for managing stress and skin health. Goodbye harsh surfactants that can dry out skin. Say hello to gentler, calming ingredients that keep moisture in without upsetting skin’s pH and acid mantle.

3. Have fun with innovative textures.

Suspend exfoliating scrubbers or beads. Go luxuriously thick or water-thin or even waterless. New powders, bars, gels and jellies add life to the daily routine.

Nature-Powered Ingredients to Help

ARBALON® Cellulose Liquid

Our biodegradable, fermentation-derived stabilizer has a unique cellulose structure that forms an invisible 3D net to evenly suspend scrubbers, decorative or fragrance beads and more. Effective in high-surfactant or low/no water formulations. Ready to use and fully activated.

KELTROL® Xanthan Gum

This versatile, fermentation-derived ingredient is known for its unique smooth flow behavior, silky feel and even texture. It provides high viscosity at low shear rates for foams, suspensions and emulsion stability. It also provides low viscosity at high shear for pumpability. Plus, you get exceptional stability and thickening characteristics for a wide range of products.

GENU® Carrageenan

A multifunctional water-binding agent, this ingredient provides a creamy texture to emulsions and a honey-like flow as it locks in moisture to increase hydration. It can be used to replace synthetics in shampoos and other products.

Our Nature-Powered Ingredient Portfolio

Carrageenan

Extracted from red seaweed

Pectin

Upcycled from citrus peels, a byproduct of the juice industry

Gellan Gum

Bio-fermentation of Sphingomonas elodea, found on lily pond plants

Fermentation-Derived Cellulose

Bio-fermentation of Komagataeibacter xylinus, similar to nata de coco

Diutan Gum

Discovered in a marsh of redwood trees in California - instead of harvesting, we use bio-fermentation of Sphingomonas
sp. ATCC 51539

Xanthan Gum

Bio-fermentation of Xanthomonas campestris, found on cabbage

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Recipe Cards: Innovating for Skin & Hair Cleansing

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Bee Sweet Honey
Body Wash

This cold-processed body wash has a smooth, honey-like appearance and luxurious texture, thanks to COSMOS® Certified GENUVISCO® CG-129 Carrageenan. Our lambda grade provides viscosity in surfactant systems that cannot be thickened with salt.

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Clearly, It’s The Fluid Gel Exfoliating Foam Cleanser

COSMOS® certified KELCOGEL® CG-LA (E) Gellan Gum helps this eye-catching cleansing foam stay water-thin but exceptionally clear and stable as it suspends actives like gently exfoliating jojoba beads.

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Lotus Enlighten
You Shampoo

Our shampoo has a luxurious feel and mimics the rheology of traditional, salt-thickened shampoos. COSMOS® certified ARBALON® R-50 (EV) Cellulose Liquid suspends the pearlescent mica without altering viscosity or feel. Our COSMOS® certified grade of lambda carrageenan thickens without gelling, creating a thick, smooth texture and high viscosity.

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Home Care Ingredient Innovation
for a More Sustainable Future
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FEATURED INGREDIENTS

CELLULON®
Cellulose Liquid

KELZAN®
Xanthan Gum

Meet Komagataeibacter xylinum​

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in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of CP Kelco.

FEATURED INGREDIENTS

CELLULON®
Cellulose Liquid
KELZAN®
Xanthan Gum

Need samples? Have
questions? We can help.

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Unlocking Nature-Powered Success®

THROUGH INNOVATION

Home Care Ingredient Innovation for a More Sustainable Future
Learn more about our biodegradable solution for more affordable and sustainable home care formats.
ACCESS INSIGHTS
The Formulator's Secret to More Biodegradable Liquid Soaps & Detergents
Learn the secret to delivering a great overall cleaning experience for consumers using a more sustainable, fermentation-derived suspension aid.
VIEW NOW
How to Clean Up Home Care Products
Learn about the latest eco-friendly and biodegradable solution for liquid laundry detergent, fabric softener and dish soap formulation.
LEARN MORE
CELLULON® Cellulose Liquid is the More Sustainable
Suspension Aid
The power of plants is everywhere these days – from what’s on your plate for dinner to how you clean it afterwards.
ACCESS INSIGHTS
No Compromise: The Future of Home Care Innovation
The future hold for home care product development hinges on six important concepts. At its core: abundant, affordable choices with no compromise.
EXPLORE THE FUTURE

Meet Komagataeibacter xylinum​

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Cellulose Liquid
KELZAN®
Xanthan Gum

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Investing for a More Sustainable Future

In CP Kelco’s continued effort to better serve our customers and invest for a sustainable future, we are embarking on a change to improve several aspects of our existing packaging. This change will improve customer experience by continuing improvement in food safety & quality, and result in significant carbon footprint* reductions related to CP Kelco’s new bag packaging materials compared to previous packaging options. Learn more about this change in the video and linked resources below.

 

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*Carbon footprint measured by the carbon dioxide emissions associated with biomass combustion measured for all components in the tested packaging.

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Create Liquid Hand Soaps & Cleansers with Xanthan Gum

Hand soaps and cleansers are among the most essential items now – and the hardest to find. CP Kelco’s KELTROL® CG-SFT Xanthan Gum is a nature-based thickening solution that can be combined with 60% alcohol.

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Xanthan Gum cannot be used in products marketed as hand sanitizer in the U.S.

CP Kelco U.S., Inc. (“Kelco”) is not a manufacturer of hand cleanser or hand soap and any formulation contained herein is purely illustrative and not intended to convey to User any specific methodologies for manufacturing the same and cannot guarantee how any products associated with this information will perform in combination with other substances or in User’s process.