Transparent soap or glycerine soap technology for the past decades was based on tallow, coconut and castor oils as raw materials. With the expansion of the palm oil industry, coupled with comprehensive research and development (R&D), at the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB), the tallow and coconut portions of soap bases have been replaced with […]

Polyuretheanes are made from two basic raw materials: polyols and diisocyanates. A key advantage of polyretheanes is that specific parts and combinations of each chemical group can be chosen to create the desired end-products. The targeted applications for these end-products are numerous, the major ones being in automobiles, medicines, comfort mattresses, buildings, paints, coatings, adhesives […]

Phenonip is included in the EU Cosmatic Directives Annex VI list of permitted preservatives. Phenonip is also permitted for use in the USA and Japan. It is biodegradable at low concentrations and is non-volatile; thus, there is no loss of this preservative even with toxicological profile and it is non-irritant to the skin, eyes and mucous […]

Palm fatty acid distillate (PFAD) is s by-product produced from the physical refining of palm oil. PFAD has been used in the soap-making industry, as an animal feed ingredient and as raw materials for the oleochemical industry. In 2008, Malaysian refineries produced 750000 t of PFAD. In the past, PFAD was solf at a discounted […]

Crude glycerine is a by product produced from biodesel plants via the conventional transesterification process. Typically 10% to 12% (by weight) of crude glycerine is produced for every tonne of biodiesel produced. Crude glycerine normally contains 50% to 60% of glycerine depending on the process. The main impurity in crude glycerine which needs to be further removed is metal-soap […]