Sophorolipid 100%biological fermentation Surfactants Safe cosmetic raw material supplier Fermentation source

In recent years, personal care and cleaning products have become two high-consumption areas globally, and surfactants are the key ingredients in these products, which are among the substances most commonly in contact with the skin.

According to the HLB value (hydrophilic lipophilic balance value), the surfactant can respectively play the role of decontamination, foaming, emulsification, wetting, dispersion, solubilization and so on.

Currently the most widely used alkyl sulfonic acid salts, alkyl sulfate (ester) salts such as surface active agent in shampoo, bath dew wash type such as personal care products in direct contact with the skin, may cause skin irritation and allergies. 

• By determining the surface tension of DropBio^® Soph L, its CMC concentration is very low.
• DropBio^® Soph L has excellent biodegradability properties through the OECD ECD301F method.  
• DropBio^® Soph L has no cytotoxicity, no effect on lymphocyte proliferative activity, no effect on the central nervous system. 
• DropBio^® Soph L is non-phototoxic and photosensitive, non-mutagenic, and non-skin and mucous membrane irritation.

The structure type can be simply divided into two types according to whether it is 1,4 esterified: one is lactone type and the other is acid type, the specific structure is as follows:In general, lactone type sophorolipids can reduce the surface tension of liquid, have higher lipophilicity, and have more prominent bacteriostatic properties. The acid locust glycolipid is better water solubility and has more prominent foaming ability.