Enhancing the value of agricultural co-products is becoming a real lever for innovation. From xylans extracted from corn cobs, it is now possible to create new biosourced surfactants.
The principle: combine oligosaccharides of plant origin with fatty acids to obtain molecules capable of :

• reduce water surface tension,

• self-assemble in solution,

• effectively stabilize oil-in-water emulsions.

Finely controlled chemistry

Particular attention has been paid to the synthesis conditions:
choice of reducing agent, type of catalyst, influence of pH...
All these parameters have been precisely adjusted to modulate the final properties of the surfactants and optimize their performance.

Promising results

Initial assessments show strong potential for formulating more environmentally-friendly products, based on renewable resources and better-controlled processes.