Emulsions are found across a broad range of industries, including food, personal care, cleaners and many more. Based on an article from The American Oil Chemists’ Society, “Emulsions: Making Oil and Water Mix,” the infographic to the left illustrates how emulsifiers are used in these industries in common products and shows current emulsion and emulsifier trends.
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Highlights from the Infographic:
- Simple emulsions consist of either oil suspended in water (o/w) or water suspended in oil (w/o).
- Emulsifiers keep suspended droplets of water in oil or oil in water from fusing together and breaking the emulsion.
- Common food emulsions include mayonnaise (EU), salad dressings (EU), shelf stable peanut butter (EU), chocolate (EU) and ice cream (EU).
- Food emulsifiers include mono (EU) & diglycerides (EU), proteins (EU), fatty acid esters (EU), celluloses (EU), stearoyl lactylate (EU) and lecithin (EU).
- Nutraceutical emulsions are used to deliver supplements, vitamins and other nutraceuticals to the body.
- Trends in food and nutraceutical emulsions include reduced fat emulsions, heteroaggregation and complex emulsions.
- Lotions, creams and conditioners are examples of common personal care emulsions. Common emulsifiers include ethoxylated alcohols (EU), carboxylates (EU), glyceryl monostearate (EU), acetyl alcohol (EU), stearyl alcohol (EU) and silicone emulsifiers (EU).
- Ethoxylated alcohols (EU) are also a common emulsifier in laundry detergents.
- Plant-based emulsifiers are a major trend in personal care. Sources for these often come from the food industry.
- The sustainable sourcing of palm oil (EU) is a trend that applies across industries. The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) is the certifying body for palm oil plantations that pledge sustainability.
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