Green Surfactants And Emulsifiers Market

Surfactants and emulsifiers are important parts of a wide range of consumer goods, such as personal care products, industrial cleaning agents, and lubricants.

Cosmetics, personal care products, food & beverage, paints & coatings, textile applications, and others are major application areas for green surfactants and emulsifiers.

The increasing awareness of environmental hazards and the need to reduce carbon footprints are expected to increase the demand for environmentally friendly products, which is a major market driver. Other drivers include a growing preference for natural ingredients, an increase in the use of biobased surfactants and emulsifiers, an increase in food packaging applications, an increase in the demand for cosmetic ingredients, and an increase in industrial applications such as dyeing and cleaning products.

Increased use of petrochemicals and water-soluble polymers as surfactants and emulsifiers, high manufacturing costs associated with green products, lack of consumer awareness about green product alternatives, stringent regulations governing toxic chemicals in personal care products, high initial investment requirements in green product development, and slow adoption of green products by large corporations are factors impeding the growth of this market.

In the Asia-Pacific region, the market is expanding rapidly, and there are a number of companies operating in this sector. India is in the lead with a market size of $** billion in 2018 and is anticipated to grow at a CAGR of **% during the forecast period.

Evonik Industries AG (Germany), Unilever NV (the Netherlands), Dow Chemical Co., L.P. (the United States), Akzo Nobel N.V. (the Netherlands), and Praxair, Inc. (the U.S.).