Alkyl Polyglucosides Market Trends & Forecast to 2020
Alkyl polyglucosides are bio surfactants produced by reacting of sugar with fat. Alkyl polyglucosides are non ionic surfactants and are among the recently developed high efficiency bio surfactants. Production process involves one step or two step process; butanol is used to produce butyl glucoside which is then reacted with fatty alcohol in the two step process. Corn starch and fatty alcohol are among the major raw material sources employed in the one step process. One step process is the dominant process used in the production of alkyl polyglucosides. Major application segments for alkyl polyglucosides include household detergents, industrial cleaners, personal care and agricultural chemicals among others. Household detergents dominate the global demand for alkyl polyglucosides and this trend is expected to continue for a foreseeable future. Personal care is expected to be the fastest growing application segment for alkyl polyglucosides. Increasing awareness of hazards ass...