{"id":33103,"date":"2016-03-14T07:15:06","date_gmt":"2016-03-14T06:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rss.nova-institut.net\/public.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FBiotechNow%2F%7E3%2FRs3YuBjAedA%2Fmaking-green-from-rhamnolipid-based-biosurfactants"},"modified":"2016-03-07T08:31:16","modified_gmt":"2016-03-07T07:31:16","slug":"making-green-from-rhamnolipid-based-biosurfactants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/making-green-from-rhamnolipid-based-biosurfactants\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Green from Rhamnolipid-based Biosurfactants"},"content":{"rendered":"

People often ask me how Logos Technologies got into making biosurfactants for use in soaps, shampoos, cosmetics, industrial cleaners, and other products.<\/strong><\/p>\n

After all, we\u2019re better known as a defense and engineering company.<\/p>\n

The short answer is, a decade ago, we assembled a team to work on bio-based technologies, initially biofuels. Then, over the years, while looking for products to commercialize, we hit upon rhamnolipids.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been long recognized thatthis class of glycolipids is useful for variety of applications. But the conventional wisdom has been that rhamnolipids are too pricey to produce.<\/p>\n

And, in fact, when we looked around, we could only find milligram quantities at laboratory chemical prices. Expensive!<\/p>\n

So the challenge was to make rhamnolipids in a scalable, cost-competitive fashion.\u00a0 And we\u2019ve accomplished that with NatSurFact, our line of rhamnolipid-based biosurfactants.<\/p>\n

How is NatSurFact Made?<\/h3>\n

At full commercial scale, NatSurFact will be made in fermentation tanks similar in size to those used for making beer at macrobreweries. What we do is take vegetable oil or a non-food analogue and ferment it to produce rhamnolipids.<\/p>\n

Our exact fermentation, concentration and isolation techniques are proprietary. But, basically, we\u2019ve increased the titer, productivity, and yield of the fermentation process, and we developed an innovative, cost-effective, and scalable way to isolate the rhamnolipids.<\/p>\n

Using those processes, we offer four grades of material, from 5% to neat solid in different physical forms.<\/p>\n

Green and Saving Green<\/h3>\n

NatSurFact is higher foaming than the surfactants it has been tested against, so there\u2019s an economic reason to choose our biosurfactant. Another reason is that it\u2019s environmentally friendly.<\/p>\n

First, consider the feedstock: the triacylglycerid oil (similar to veggie oil you buy in a grocery store) we use is renewable.<\/p>\n

Second, the production involves a natural fermentation process, which has a low environmental impact. And as for use, NatSurFact is a powerful cleansing and foaming agent, yet also mild.<\/p>\n

Finally, with regards to disposal, NatSurFact has low eco-toxicity and is readily biodegradable. It even helps break down pollutants in a waste treatment facility.<\/p>\n

Market Demand<\/h3>\n

Being green is very attractive in today\u2019s market.<\/p>\n

For example, in a 2015 Eco Pulse study, respondents put the environment and corporate social responsibility at top reasons for loving a brand. A full third had made a purchase based on a brand\u2019s environmental record.<\/p>\n

Likewise, a 2012 worldwide Nielson survey found two-thirds of consumers prefer to buy from companies that give back to society, and two-thirds of socially conscious consumers indicated the environment as a cause companies should support.<\/p>\n

Going Large<\/h3>\n

For now, we expect to fill large scale orders at contract manufacturers\u2014we have a good relationship with appropriate facilities.<\/p>\n

But in the future, we plan to construct or retrofit purpose-built facilities, especially for partners that are looking to differentiate their products with NatSurFact.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

People often ask me how Logos Technologies got into making biosurfactants for use in soaps, shampoos, cosmetics, industrial cleaners, and other products. After all, we\u2019re better known as a defense and engineering company. The short answer is, a decade ago, we assembled a team to work on bio-based technologies, initially biofuels. Then, over the years, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","nova_meta_subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[10408],"supplier":[2611],"class_list":["post-33103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bio-based","tag-greenchemistry","supplier-logos-technologies-inc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33103\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33103"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=33103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}