Miranol® Ultra Beauty & Care

The Standard for Purity,

Mildness and Performance
of Amphoacetate Surfactants
 Miranol® Ultra
Miranol® Ultra is a range of high purity Applications
amphoacetate surfactants produced using
All cleansing products such as
Solvay patented technology. shampoos, face and body washes,
A leader in surfactant technology, Solvay’s in depth and comprehensive hand washes. Highly suitable for
understanding of imidazoline derivative chemistry enables us to produce mild cleansing formulations for
this new generation of ultra-pure, high performance amphoacetates
consistently worldwide. Our patented manufacturing process limits the
baby care, facial care and sensitive
formation of reaction by-products, thereby increasing the purity of the skin care.
active surfactant (see Figure 1).
Our studies show that amphoacetate performance is significantly % %
Product Name INCI
enhanced with higher purity. This helps you create winning formulations Solid Active
with better consumer perceivable attributes. Miranol® Sodium
38 32
Ultra C32 Cocoamphoacetate
Miranol® Ultra has set the standard for purity, mildness and performance Miranol® Sodium
38 32
of amphoacetates that others look up to. Ultra L32 Lauroamphoacetate

100%
Why Use Miranol® Ultra?
30% 32% ■ True active
80%
w Excellent viscosity-building
60% 21% 10% ■ By-product ability in combination with
standard anionic surfactants, even
40% ■ Water
with no or minimal salt addition
49% 58%
w Delivers high foam volume,
20% improved foam quality & stability
w Enhanced mildness with proven
0%
ability to reduce the irritancy of
Traditional Miranol®
Cocoamphoacetate Ultra anionic surfactants like SLES

Fig. 1: M
 iranol® Ultra contains significantly less by-products than
w Enhanced color protection on hair
1
conventional amphoacetates w Increased silicone deposition on
hair through synergy with cationic
polymers & alkyl glucosides
w Vegetable derived, suitable for
Ecocert formulations
High Purity Amphoacetates for Personal Care
% NaCI 4,5
Excellent Viscosity Building ■ % NaCI to add to reach
4 targeted viscisoty
 iranol® Ultra surfactants are the best amphoacetates in
M
■ % NaCI brought by
building viscosity in combination with anionic surfactants, 3,5
secondary surfactant
even without salt addition. Formulations with Miranol® 3 incorporation
Ultra require less amount of salt to reach desired viscosities,
2,5
compared to those with betaines and glucosides.
2
Figure 2 shows the relative amount of salt needed to reach
a target viscosity using different surfactant combinations. 1,5

A beneficial consequence of lower total salt is improved 1

mildness of the formulation. 0,5

0 SLES/ SLES/ SLES/ SLES/CAPB SLES/CAPB SLES/decyl SLES/ SLES/

Miranol® Miranol® Miranol® benchmark 1 benchmark 2 glucoside lauryl coco glucoside
Delivers High Foam Volume, Improved Foam Ultra C-32 Ultra L-32 C2M Conc NP glucoside

Quality & Stability Fig. 2: M

 iranol® Ultra requires limited salt addition to reach viscosity target
(10000 mPa.s).Binary systems (SLES / Test surfactant 12/4 % active,
Miranol® Ultra produces foam that is more homogeneous, pH=5.5)
containing smaller, more closely packed bubbles. This translates
into high density, long lasting foams that are perceivably richer
and creamier than foams produced by conventional amphoteric
surfactants. Shown in Figure 3 is a comparison of the foam
quality produced by Miranol® Ultra L32 versus cocamidopropyl
Initial

betaine.

Optimum Mildness and Reduction

of Irritation Potential
After 15 minutes

Mildness is a quality Miranol® Ultra shares with other

imidazoline-derived amphoterics through the amino acid
component of its structure, which is highly compatible with
human skin. Our studies show that Miranol® Ultra significantly
reduces the irritation potential of anionic surfactants.
A:CAPB B: Miranol® Ultra L 32
Fig. 3: C
 omparison of foam characteristics between betaine and
Delivers Active Materials to Hair and Skin Miranol® Ultra L-32
When formulated as a co-surfactant in shampoos and personal
cleansers, Miranol® Ultra actually enhances product performance 39.5
by increasing the delivery of active materials to the hair and/or 40
skin. It works in synergy with cationic polymers such as Solvay’s
28,6
Jaguar® conditioning polymers. Miranol® Ultra also works in
30
synergy with alkyl glucoside type surfactants. Replacing a 22.8
portion of alkyl glucoside significantly boosts the deposition of
actives in hair, as shown in Figure 4. 20

Our studies also show that replacing betaine with Miranol® Ultra
significantly improves conditioning performance of shampoo 10
formulations at the same conditioning active level.
0
SLES/Miranol® SLES/coco SLES/Miranol Ultra
Ultra L-32 glucoside L-32 / cocoglucoside

Fig. 4: S
 ilicone deposition yield (%) from shampoo composition of 12%
SLES / 4 % test surfactant / 0,2% Jaguar® Excel / 1% NaCl/ 2%
dimethicone emulsion 0,6 microns
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Phone: +1-800-973-7873 – Fax: +1-609-860-0463 – NovecareCC@solvay.com

Europe
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Phone: +33 (0) 1 53 56 50 00 – Fax: +33 (0) 1 53 56 53 90

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Phone: +65 - 6291 1921 – Fax: +65 - 6394 3376

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Cep: 05804-902 – São Paulo-SP Brazil
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