Additives

Stearates

Metallic, vegetable and animal additives, otherwise known as “stearates”, are additives with numerous specificities and properties: water-repellent, lubricating, stabilizing, etc., which facilitate your operations in your manufacturing process.

Additives are fatty acid esters, which are used in small quantities to facilitate processing, add value and improve the quality of finished products: they are therefore considered “quality enhancers” and have a considerable impact on the performance of the final product.

ADC offers a wide range of :

    - metal stearates
    - stearates of plant and animal origin, whose manufacturing process is totally harmless.

All products comply with REACH regulations.

Application examples:

Additives are used in all industrial sectors: cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, plastics, rubber industry, metallurgy...

For example, we supply resin producers, polycarbonate manufacturers, PVC compound formulators, factories producing building products such as facade coatings, paint manufacturers, pencil lead manufacturers, cosmetics manufacturers, etc.

Available in powder in bags and liquid in drums.

Stearin

Stearin is a triglyceride, a pearly-white solid obtained by saponification of natural vegetable or animal fats. It is also known as stearic acid or steistearin (C57H110O6).

Stearin is odorless and tasteless. At room temperature, it forms a white solid. Its melting point is around 70°C.

This saturated fatty acid, naturally present in animal and vegetable fats, is mainly used as a consistency factor to thicken preparations, enrich and stabilize emulsions, harden mixtures, etc.

Stearin is insoluble in water and sparingly soluble in ethanol. It is a biodegradable substance.

ADC is a Kosher and Allal-certified distributor of plant-based stearin.

This stearin complies with European REACH regulations.

    Properties :

• Cleaning agent: helps keep surfaces clean
• Emulsifying agent: promotes mixing between immiscible liquids
• Emulsion stabilizer: promotes the emulsion process and improves emulsion stability and shelf life
• Masking agent: reduces or inhibits the basic odor or taste of a product
• Lipid-restoring agent: restores lipids in the hair or upper layers of the skin
• Surfactant: reduces the surface tension of cosmetic products and contributes to the even distribution of the product during use

Application examples:

• In the cosmetics industry, stearin is used as a texturizing agent to thicken creams and balms, and is also a major ingredient in the manufacture of cosmetics.