DuPont News, December 31, 2008
Bio-based Zemea®: First Solvent Listed as ‘CleanGredients®’
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| Zemea® propanediol is a 100 percent natural ingredient for use in cosmetics and personal care products. |
Breakthrough bio-based ingredient,
Zemea® propanediol, has been independently evaluated by
NSF International and now is listed in the CleanGredients® database as passing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Design for the Environment (DfE) screen. Zemea® is produced and marketed by the
DuPont Tate & Lyle Bio Products joint venture.
Zemea® is the first DfE-screened solvent to be listed in CleanGredients®. It is a 100 percent natural ingredient made from corn sugar and developed for use in the cleaning and personal care categories. Zemea® is a sustainable alternative to petroleum-based glycols in cleaning product formulations where the product’s solvency properties, purity level, low irritation and excellent moisturization properties are benefits.
CleanGredients® -- an online database of quality cleaning product ingredients -- helps formulators identify the ingredients they need to formulate greener, more sustainable cleaning products. CleanGredients® is a project of non-profit institute GreenBlue®.
“We're excited to be the first solvent listed in CleanGredients®,” said David Wood, product director -- DuPont Tate & Lyle Bio Products. “We share similar objectives with GreenBlue® around quality, sustainability and minimizing our environmental footprint.”
