Glucopon® Alkylpolyglucosides (APG)

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BASF Glucopon® APGs are produced from natural renewable resources

Glucopon® Alkylpolyglucosides (APG) are naturally derived versatile biodegradable surfactants. APG's are effective in a variety of applications: laundry, dishwashing, hard surface cleaning, food service and kitchen hygiene, commercial laundry, institutional cleaning and sanitation, vehicle and transportation care.
You can buy various grades of Glucopon® APG's online through Brenntag Connect.
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Glucopon benefits and applications

Benefits
  • Extraordinary cleaning performance and gloss retention
  • Nonionic surfactant
  • Stable in formulations with a pH from 1 to 13
  • Provide streak free cleaning and excellent plastic compatibility
  • Produced from natural, renewable resources
  • Sugar surfactant
  • Compatible with all other surfactant classes
  • Ethylene oxide and 1,4 dioxane free (No CA Prop 65)
  • Sulfate free
  • Excellent foaming and cleansing properties
  • Readily biodegradable (aerobic and anaerobic)
  • Excellent eco-toxicological profile
  • Not toxic or harmful (acute tox. tests)
Applications
  • Alkaline cleaner
  • Car wash soap
  • Hair care
  • Liquid hand soap
  • Aluminum brightener
  • Caustic coupling surfactant
  • Hair colorants
  • Metal cleaners
  • Baby shampoo
  • Cosmetics
  • Hard surface cleaners
  • Paint strippers
  • Baby soap
  • Detergents
  • Heavy duty cleaners
  • Shampoo
  • Body wash
  • Exfoliant scrub
  • Hydrotrope
  • Shampoo sulfate free
  • Bottle washing
  • Facial cleaner
  • I&I cleaners
  • Shower gels
  • Bubble bath
  • Green products
  • Laundry detergents
  • Steam cleaner

View our Dehypound® products

    
Glucopon 50® GGlucopon® 215 UPGlucopon® 225 DKGlucopon® 420 UP
Glucopon® 425 NGlucopon® 600 UPGlucopon® 625 UP 
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Glucopon® APG exhibits excellent caustic stability and solubility in caustic and saline solutions. It has excellent solubilizing properties in highly concentrated surfactant solutions as well as in the presence of salt and alkalies. The benefits and applications of glucopon® nonionic surfactants and surfactant uses are listed below.
Characteristics of APG surfactants
  • Yellowish
  • Slightly cloudy
  • Viscous liquid
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*Glucopon® is a trademark of BASF Corporation.

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You can contact a member of our team for more information on various grades of Glucopon® APGs. If you have any further questions, please reach out today.
Brenntag North America is a preferred authorized distributor of BASF products in United States and Canada. BASF provides a wide array of products for use in homecare, industrial and institutional. Market applications include laundry, dishwashing, hard surface cleaning, food service and kitchen hygiene, commercial laundry, institutional cleaning and sanitation, vehicle and transportation care. Our unique chemistries provide creative solutions to HI&I challenges. BASF creates chemistry for a sustainable future. BASF combines economic success with environmental protection and social responsibility. Through science and innovation, we enable our customers in nearly every industry to meet the current and future needs of society.