Vegetable Stearic Fatty Acids

Vegetable Stearic Fatty Acid

Twin Rivers offers varied products with vegetable origins including soybean fatty acid, vegetable stearic fatty acid, palmitic fatty acid and high purity vegetable fatty acid.

Vegetable based stearic acid is a fatty acid found in vegetable fats. It is used in a variety of cosmetics and personal care products, in fragrances, and as a surfactant or emulsifier.  Please contact our sales department to discuss Mass Balance products that may be available.

Palmitic acid is the most common saturated fatty acid and is found naturally in palm oil and palm kernel oil. It is also a component in soaps, cosmetics and in a wide range of uses in manufacturing and other applications.

Our Quincy, MA facility is Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) certified and offers sustainable mass balance palm oil products. Learn more about RSPO and view our sustainable mass balance products here.

Product
  Spec 
Sheet
Spec 
Sheet
Spec
Sheet
  SDS SDS SDS
    REACH
Compliance
Statement
REACH
Compliance
Statement
       
  TRV1 TRV1655 TRV1855
  Stearic Fatty Acid, Vegetable Grade Stearic Fatty Acid, Triple Pressed, Vegetable Grade Stearic Fatty Acid, Double Pressed, Vegetable Grade
Chemical Properties
Acid Value 202 - 209 205 - 210 204 - 211
Saponification Value 204 - 211 206 - 211 205 - 212
Iodine Value 1 max 0.5 max 1 max
Moisture, % 0.3 max 0.3 max 0.3 max
Physical Properties
Color, Gardner     1 max
Color, % Transmittance
(@440/550nm)
85/95 min 85/95 min 85/95 min
Typical Composition, % by G.C.
C12      
C14 2 max 2 max 2 max
C16 30 - 38 45 - 55 40 - 48
C18 62 min 40 - 50 50 - 58
C18:1      
C18:2      
C18:3      
C20      
C20:1      
C22      
C16 : C18 Ratio   >1