Solutions for hand and automatic dishwashing

Clariant offers deep expertise in specialty ingredients and a comprehensive portfolio of traditional dishwashing components for all your formulation needs. Our innovative solutions range ffrom bio-based sugar surfactants and mild anionic surfactants to cleaning boosters and multifunctional rinse surfactants, complemented by essential traditional ingredients like low foamers, binders, solubilizers, and corrosion inhibitors. Whether developing automatic or hand dishwashing detergents or hand dishwashing liquids for consumers or for industrial use, we deliver a combination of unique specialty and proven traditional ingredients for products that excel in performance, sustainability, and consumer appeal.

Automatic dishwashing ingredients for spotless, dry results

Clariant's automatic dishwashing ingredients tackle key challenges throughout the wash process, including spotting and filming during rinsing, drying performance on dishes and plastic items, foam control, and corrosion of metalware. Our Genapol™ multifunctional rinse surfactants deliver excellent rinsing for spot-free, sparkling dishes and strong drying performance, even in eco wash programs. Our Genapol™ traditional low foamers maintain reliable machine operation, while Polyglykol binders enhance tablet integrity and support controlled dissolution. The Hostaphat™ range of corrosion inhibitors protects delicate metalware during the wash cycle.

Multifunctional rinse surfactants

Sparkling clean and perfectly dry: Rinse surfactants for automatic dishwashing

Clariant offers both traditional low-foaming surfactants with excellent wetting properties and specialized multifunctional rinse surfactants designed for modern all-in-one detergents, tablets, and capsules.

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Hand dishwashing: efficient grease removal, gentle protection

Clariant's hand dishwashing ingredients balance excellent cleaning performance with skin-friendly formulations and appealing sensory properties, addressing critical needs: effective grease removal even in cold water, mildness for frequent use, formulation stability, and premium aesthetics.

Our GlucoPure™ sugar surfactants deliver bio-based cleaning power with excellent mildness and high renewable carbon content, ideal for sustainable formulations. Our mild anionic surfactants ensure gentleness for frequent use, while Hostapur™ HY acts as a powerful degreasing booster for tough grease and baked-on residues. Specialized solubilizers including Genapol™ G 260 and Genopur™ ASA enable clear, stable formulations with complex ingredient combinations. For premium positioning, our Perlogen and Plantasens OP 95 opacifiers create luxurious pearlescent appearances that signal quality and mildness.

Product highlights

Genapol™ Complete

Genapol Complete is a special low foaming rinse surfactant for multifunctional automatic dishwashing detergents (ADD) with an excellent sustainability profile. It is especially suitable for tabs or powders. Genapol Complete ensures brilliant rinse results for streak-free and spotless dishware and very good drying performance. It allows rinse and drying performance comparable to the best-in-class alternatives but without the fatty residues often seen with those products.

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Genapol™ EC 50

Genapol EC 50 is an excellent low foaming surfactant and rinse aid for multifunctional automatic dishwashing detergents. It provides great overall rinse performance and superior drying performance also on plastic items.

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GlucoPure™ Deg

GlucoPure Deg perfectly combines sustainability and performance for Hand Dishwashing Liquid Detergents. The mild sugar surfactant provides a superior foaming profile and outstanding ecological profile. Therefore it is especially suitable for the use as co-surfactant in natural, mild and ecofriendly hand dishwashing detergents. Due to its high active level and water-free formulation it is the perfect choice for concentrated formulation in pouches, pads or for self-dilution.

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GlucoPure™ Foam

GlucoPure Foam perfectly combines sustainability and performance for Hand Dishwashing Liquid Detergents. The mild sugar surfactant provides a superior foaming profile and outstanding ecological profile. Therefore it is especially suitable for the use as co-surfactant in natural, mild and ecofriendly hand dishwashing detergents. GlucoPure Foam is based on coconut oil and is therefore suitable for palm-free detergents.

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GlucoPure™ Sense

GlucoPure Sense delivers unparalleled skin mildness when used as a co-surfactant in hand dishwashing liquid and laundry detergents. It provides excellent fabric care benefits to laundry products combined with good cleaning performance. Furthermore, it can be used as foam stabilizer in hand dishwashing liquids and it significantly improves the skin feel of dishwashing liquids. When used as rinse surfactant in automatic dishwashing products, it reduces spotting and filming on dishes. Download our Fabric Refreshing Spray formulation card

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Medialan™ LD PF10

Medialan LD PF 10 is a mild anionic surfactant from the sarcosinate range . It has very good foaming properties especially in soft water and displays interesting synergistic and foam-stabilization properties when combined with other surfactants.

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