Cola®Teric HBS is an excellent surfactant solution for thickening cleansers without PEG esters. The addition of just 1% Cola®Teric HBS as supplied dramatically improves viscosity in formulations as shown below.
PERFORMANCE TESTING
Traditional alkanolamides improve viscosity performance primarily by reducing the amount of salt needed to reach a target viscosity. Incremental viscosity boosting can be realized, but is typically relatively small. Cola®Teric HBS can dramatically increase the overall salt response.
| INGREDIENT | AMIDE-FREE | + COLA®TERIC HBS OR AMIDE |
|---|---|---|
| Water | qs to 100.00 | qs to 100.00 |
| Colonial SLS | 10.00 | 10.00 |
| Colonial SLES-2 | 10.00 | 10.00 |
| Cola®Teric COAB | 5.00 | 5.00 |
| Viscosity Modifier HBS, CMA or CMPA | – | 1.00 |
| Citric Acid, 50% | qs to pH 6 | qs to pH 6 |
