Glycolipid Co-Surfactants Built for Real Formulations

Amphi® CL and CH are glycolipid biosurfactants designed to improve wetting, dispersion, emulsification, and detergency in industrial and consumer formulations.

They are engineered for different formulation environments:

• Amphi® CL → optimized for low foam and formulation stability
• improved wetting and dispersion
• enhanced emulsion stability
• better film uniformity
• Amphi® CH → optimized for cleaning systems
• improved soil removal and surface interaction
• strong wetting and penetration
• performance across a wide range of soils

Both share the same core chemistry but are tuned for different performance outcomes.

Amphi biosurfactants reduce surface and interfacial tension and form micelles that interact with oils, particles, and surfaces.

Key functional effects:

• improved wetting of solid surfaces
• dispersion of particles and pigments
• emulsification of oils and contaminants
• enhanced soil penetration and removal

Their low critical micelle concentration (CMC) allows them to be effective at lower use rates.

Most conventional surfactants are optimized for one function (wetting, emulsification, or detergency).

Amphi biosurfactants provide multi-functional performance, enabling formulators to:

• simplify formulations
• rebalance actives
• improve performance under constrained formulations

They are not 1:1 replacements—they are performance enhancers within a system.

No—and that’s intentional.

Amphi is designed to be formulation-flexible, not a direct substitute.

Formulators typically use it to:

• enhance performance
• reduce total surfactant load
• improve stability or recovery after reformulation

Depending on the system:

Amphi CL:

• improved pigment wetting and dispersion
• enhanced emulsion stability
• improved coating uniformity

Amphi CH:

• improved soil penetration and removal
• better foam support
• stable performance across a wide pH range (~2–10)

Amphi biosurfactants form smaller micelles than many conventional surfactants, which allows:

• deeper penetration into soils and surfaces
• improved interaction with fine particles and films
• more efficient cleaning and dispersion

This is one of the key drivers of performance at lower use rates.

They are designed to work within multi-component systems.

Performance benefits are typically observed in:

• improved wetting and coverage
• better dispersion stability
• enhanced cleaning efficiency

Results depend on formulation design, but they are built to improve system-level performance, not just single metrics.

Yes - we routinely see excellent synergies with conventional ingredients.

Amphi biosurfactants help:

• improve overall system performance
• reduce required dosage of other actives
• stabilize formulations

Amphi biosurfactants maintain activity across a broad pH range (~2–10) and perform well under challenging formulation conditions.

This makes them suitable for:

• industrial cleaning systems
• coatings and emulsions
• water-based formulations

• loss of performance during reformulation (regulatory or cost-driven)
• instability in emulsions or dispersions
• poor wetting or surface coverage
• high surfactant loading requirements

Amphi helps restore or improve performance without overloading the system.

• formulations requiring strict 1:1 replacement without adjustment
• systems already fully optimized with no performance gaps
• ultra-cost-driven formulations where performance gains are not

valued

They deliver functional advantages at the interface, AND they have desirable sustainability profiles.

• readily biodegradable
• lower environmental persistence
• biobased sourcing

But performance is the primary reason they’re used.

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