Glycol palmitate

Glycol palmitate (CAS 4219-49-2), also known as ethylene glycol monopalmitate, is a fatty acid ester derived from palmitic acid and ethylene glycol.

Where is Glycol palmitate used?

• Food processing: emulsification in fat-based systems and coatings
• Pharmaceutical: plasticizer in tablet coatings and controlled-release formulations
• Personal care: emulsifier and skin-conditioning agent in creams, lotions and body butters
• Hair care: improves spreadability and deposits conditioning actives more uniformly
• It functions as an emulsifier, plasticizer and moisturizing agent.

Commercial specifications

• Packaging from small R&D quantities to bulk industrial volumes