Unilever & Solazyme Working On Algae Oil Process For Soaps And Other Personal Care Products

Published March 11, 2010 at 6:44 p.m.
World consumption of most common commodity triglyceride vegetable oils. Image credit:WikipediaCertain plant oils, especially palm oil, have a reputation of being produced unsustainably...Many plant oils are low-cost commodities (see table above for recent global volumes)...Certain of the commodity plant oils are used extensively in soap and personal care products; and demand for these is increasing (a growing market segment does not accept animal fat-based product)...For personal care products of the future, a key challenge is to find sustainable feedstoc


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