Speciality chemical firm Sasol Chemicals – a business unit of global chemicals and energy company Sasol – has launched a rapeseed-derived stearyl alcohol for the personal care industry.
Produced exclusively from segregated rapeseed oil, the NACOL 18-98 product had been designed as a palm oil-free, bio-based stearyl alcohol solution for the personal care industry, the company said on 18 November.
The new product complies with the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), which requires companies importing palm oil and derivatives into the EU to prove – through traceability – that their products are not sourced from deforested land.
“Responding to the EU’s Deforestation Regulation, we developed this as a readily available alternative to palm oil derivatives,” Sasol Chemicals vice president (Care Chemicals) Louis Snyders said.
The product can be used as a conditioning agent, stabiliser, consistency regulator, structuring agent and opacifier in conditioners and moisturisers for personal care.
South Africa-based Sasol Chemicals offers a portfolio of speciality chemicals for a wide range of applications and industries.
The company operates in 17 countries and is organised into four business divisions: Advanced Materials, Base Chemicals, Essential Care Chemicals and Performance Solutions.