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Kia Ora, Lubrizol! A S Harrison & Co New Zealand’s newest supplier.

A S Harrison & Co New Zealand are proud to be the new distributor for Lubrizol bringing you a wide range of functional ingredients to suit your many needs!

Carbopol®

Carbopol® deliver safety, reproducibility, and efficacy at levels below 1% with more than 60 years of technology driven history.

Benefits offered by Carbopol®:

  • High thickening & suspending efficiency (<1%) allowing >98% naturality content in finish formulas
  • Broad temperature stability
  • Excellent clarity
  • Excellent microbial resistance
  • Unique and controlled rheology (shear-thinning and instant recovery)
  • Targeted sensory profile (no whitening, nor balling effect)

Introducing the Carbopol® Ultrez range

Carbopol® Ultrez offers great benefits over traditional Carbopol®:

  • Improved wetting behaviour
  • Fast dispersion time (2 – 10 minutes vs 30 minutes)
  • Improved electrolyte resistance (Ultrez 30)

How the Ultrez range compares to traditional Carbopol®

PemuPur START Polymer

PemuPur START polymer is a naturally derived polymeric emulsifier, providing excellent emulsion stabilization at low use levels.

Benefits offered by PemuPur START polymer:

  •     0.96 Natural Origin Index
  •     Readily biodegradable
  •     Imparting fresh sensory upon application and soft, non-sticky afterfeel
  •     Wide pH range (3-8)
  •     Compatible with organic and noncoated inorganic UV filters
  •     Suitable for low viscosity and sunscreen formulations
  •     Cold processible

PemuPur START polymer allows up to 50% oil loading capacity while keeping the viscosity low, ensuring your final formulation is easily spreadable.

Kelco-Care Diutan Gum

Kelco-Care™ diutan gum is a highly efficient rheology modifier and provides the highest level of formulation stability offered from a biogum.

Benefits offered by Kelco-Care Diutan Gum:

  • 0.95 Natural Origin Index
  • Readily biodegradable
  • Low use level from 0.05% to 0.5%
  • Providing high suspension in low-to-medium viscosity systems with electrolytes
  • Compatible with organic and noncoated inorganic UV filters
  • Improved silky and conditioned sensory benefit compared to xanthan gum
  • Providing fibre protection and split end repairment
  • 3-year shelf life
  • Cold processible

Kelco-Care Diutan Gum provides easier formulation process at lower use level in comparison to xanthan gum.

Sensomer Tara Polymer

Sensomer Tara™ Polymer is a natural texturizer with high thickening compatibility, excellent sensory, and synergistic behaviour with other thickeners.

Benefits offered by Sensormer Tara Polymer:
  • 1.00 Natural Origin Index
  • Readily biodegradable
  • Vegan
  • COSMOS approved, non-GMO
  • Traceable sourcing supporting local producers
  • 100% mechanical processing without solvents or chemicals for refining
  • High performing thickening effect up to 40,000 mPa.s
  • High spreadability with absence of stickiness
  • Synergistic effect with Kelco-Care diutan gum
  • Applicable in hair care products for improved protection, conditioning, and curl retention
Sensormer Tara Polymer and Kelco-Care Diutan Gum offer additional benefits in comparison to conventional guar and xanthan gum.

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