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  Thickening agent for shampoos and shower gels

  Posted by fotis83 on December 14, 2022 at 7:24 am

  What thickening agent is used in shampoos and shower gels?
  

  fotis83 replied 2 years ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  gordof

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  December 14, 2022 at 1:08 pm

  Depends 

  Most use the thickening properties of the Tenside to thicken the formulation with salt. 
  if you want to add additional thickeners you can either use Carbomers if you are free of any ions (Non-Ionic Tensieds). or Natural thickeners like Xanthan gum etc. 

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  fotis83

  Member

  December 14, 2022 at 2:05 pm

  Thank you for your reply

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