The DePHOS® Phosphate Esters range from Verdant Specialty Solutions delivers versatile performance across industrial cleaning, metalworking and specialist applications.
DePHOS® Phosphate Esters: Versatile Functionality for Industrial Formulations
LANXESS Preservatives and Preservative Boosters: Powerful Multifunctional Options for Formulators
We’re pleased to present a range of powerful preservatives and preservative boosters from LANXESS that support broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity and also deliver added formulation benefits like emollience, skin conditioning, and improved stability.
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Celebrating SCS Formulate 2025
We had a fantastic time at this year’s SCS Formulate exhibition in Coventry, showcasing innovative ingredients from Carrubba, LABIO, LANXESS, Sinerga, Syensqo, Verdant and more in our Rheology Playground. If you didn’t catch us, here’s a quick run-down of everything you need to know!Continue reading
Bleach in Detergents: An Overview of Organic and Inorganic Bleaching Agents
This article gives an overview of the main types of bleach in the detergent industry, looking in detail at the specific organic and inorganic bleaches available, including two products supplied by HARKE UK & Ireland: EURECO™ PAP and Oxone™.
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MACKSPEC™ Polymers: A tailored beauty experience
At HARKE UK, we’re always looking for ingredients that help formulators to deliver the kind of sensory experience consumers want. The MACKSPEC™ Polymers range from Verdant offers a collection of emulsifying and thickening polymers that bring together performance, versatility and skin feel.
Visit Us at SCS Formulate 2025
With not long to go until SCS Formulate 2025 in Coventry, we’re excited to see familiar faces, meet new people, and share some of the ingredients and innovations from our principal suppliers. Will you be there?
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Styled to Stay: Explore the Acryset® range from Corel Pharma
Contemporary consumers are highly informed and are increasingly demanding a superior level of performance from their styling products. They seek lasting hold, adaptable flexibility, visual clarity, and textures that give them that clean feeling. For formulators, delivering that performance requires more than just creativity; it takes the right technology. Continue reading
Azeloglicina® & Trealix®: New Data on Two Trusted Sinerga Ingredients
We are pleased to share new testing data released by Sinerga for two of their skin and hair care actives, Azeloglicina® and Trealix®. The new data highlights how these two multifunctional ingredients continue to prove their value.
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Precision-Grown Microgreens for High-Performance Personal Care
We are pleased to present ICSC’s latest advances in sustainable ingredient innovation. Through Precision Climate Farming, ICSC grows plants in controlled environments without soil, pesticides, or synthetic chemicals. By carefully regulating light, water, and temperature, this method ensures faster growth, higher concentrations of phytoactives, and consistent quality. The process is well certified (ISO 9001:2015, EFfCI, Kosher) and aligned with a zero-waste strategy, giving formulators peace of mind on both sustainability and performance.Continue reading
Harnessing the Power of Microgreens: Introducing Phytoessentials™
Natural, high-performance haircare ingredients are in high demand, with formulators looking for plant-based ingredients that deliver real benefits while aligning with clean beauty principles. The Phytoessentials™ range by Carrubba, now available through HARKE UK & Ireland, offers 5 unique solvent-free botanical juices extracted from nutrient-dense microgreens.
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