Decyl Glucosides, APG

 Decyl Glucoside

Decyl Glucoside in cosmetic skin care offers the following benefits

• surfactant
• good foaming power
• compatible with all surfactant systems
• tolerant of high electrolyte formulations ( eg. Aloe Vera)
• compatible with a number of cationic conditioning agents
• mild but effective cleansing
• improves skin tolerance of the formulation
• maintains skin balance without dryness

Derived from sugar these surfactants are readily bio-degradable, extremely mild and perform well in hard water conditions together with a very low toxicity.

Decyl glucoside exhibits all of the mildness traits of nonionics, with the foam of an anionic. It is this unique characteristic that enables it to be utilized as both a primary and co-surfactant in formulations. Several clinical skin irritancy tests show decyl glucoside to be non irritating, even  at high concentrations with an extended contact period of 24 hours.

Many formulators with a natural focus  are now turning to decyl glucoside as their primary, and in some cases their only, surfactant. It is so mild that it doesn't require blending with any of the mildness additives.

Polyglycose (decyl glucoside) is considered to be part of a new generation of surfactants. In Europe, which have one of the strictest cosmetic regulations in place under the EU Cosmetics Directive, the demand for this alkyl polyglucosides has increased enormously.