Manufacturers are evaluating ingredients that support performance while aligning with formulation, application, and sourcing requirements. For products that use glycols as carriers, solvents, humectants, or functional ingredients, Zemea® Propanediol offers a plant-based option for selected applications.
Primient lists its Natural Diols portfolio as 100% plant-based, petroleum-free diols for markets including personal care, polymers, and heat-transfer applications. The portfolio includes Zemea® 1,3-propanediol, Susterra® 1,3-propanediol, and Bio-PDO™.
Zemea® Propanediol, available through ChemPoint, is described as a preservative-boosting humectant and ingredient for cosmetics, personal care, food, laundry, household cleaning, pharmaceutical, and dietary supplement applications.
ChemPoint positions Zemea® Propanediol as an alternative to petroleum-based glycols for liquid laundry detergents, liquid hand and automatic dish detergents, carpet and rug cleaners, hard surface cleaners, glass cleaners, pharmaceuticals, dietary supplements, personal care, and other applications.
Application Area |
Source-Supported Product Relevance |
|---|---|
Cosmetics and personal care |
Supports improved humectancy, high purity, preservative efficacy boosting, excellent sensory characteristics, and a favourable environmental profile |
Food and flavours |
Functions as a carrier and solvent for flavours and extracts, with benefits including reduced bitterness, enhanced sweetness, unique solubility properties, improved humectancy, and lower water activity |
Laundry and household cleaning |
Supports improved humectancy, good stability, high purity, enhanced clarity, and a favourable environmental profile |
Pharmaceuticals and dietary supplements |
Supports humectancy, sensory characteristics, preservative efficacy, flavour sensory benefits, reduced bitterness, and enhanced sweetness |
The shift away from petroleum-based glycols is not only about origin. The chosen ingredient must still support the formulation’s function, appearance, stability, sensory profile, and application requirements.
Zemea® Propanediol provides a plant-based propanediol option for manufacturers looking to replace petroleum-based glycols in suitable formulations while maintaining key benefits such as humectancy, solvency, clarity, sensory performance, and preservative boosting.
ChemPoint offers Zemea® Propanediol for manufacturers developing cosmetics, personal care, food and flavor, laundry and household cleaning, pharmaceutical, and dietary supplement formulations.
Talk to our experts to discuss Zemea® Propanediol and identify the right glycol alternative for your application.
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