Logos Technologies has said that NatSurFact, its line of rhamnolipid-based biosurfactant products, is now available for purchase in large research quantities.
“For years, companies have been interested in using rhamnolipids in a variety of applications,” said Dan Derr, NatSurFact business area lead for Logos Technologies. “But until now, they have been hard to procure in significant quantities.”
Naturally fermented by microbes from vegetable oil (or a non-food analog), rhamnolipids are the eco-friendly, alternative to petroleum-based surfactants used in soaps, shampoos, cleaners, and other household products.In addition, NatSurFact can be employed in a variety of other applications.
Made from a renewable natural resource, and containing neither sulfates nor phosphates, NatSurFact has a number of advantages over conventional surfactants. For example, it is
• Readily biodegradable;
• Low in toxicity to aquatic creatures;
• Mild on the skin yet a powerful cleaner; and
• Economical.
Logos Technologies produces several grades of NatSurFact, in both powder and liquid forms, and, in addition to selling research quantities, the company has the ability to produce commercial-scale amounts.
