Mumbai-based Godrej Chemicals has launched SLNOVA, a proprietary biosurfactant platform based totally on sophorolipids and advanced from renewable feedstocks using fermentation technology.
The company stated that SLNOVA integrates performance acquired from biotechnology with mildness, sustainability, and multifunctionality, opening up formulation possibilities across personal care, home care, and industrial cleansing, among other segments. It is a simply biodegradable surfactant designed to carry out a various roles within a formulation, which include emulsification, wetting, dispersing, and solubilisation, and is available in two platform variants catering to applications ranging from mild personal care products to demanding industrial cleansing systems.
Godrej Chemicals stated the release was supported by multidisciplinary team of scientists and advanced laboratory centers, showing its persisted investment in biotechnology-led innovation as the surfactant industry moves increasingly toward bio-based and biotechnology-driven solutions.
Mr. Vishal Sharma, Executive Director and CEO, Godrej Industries (Chemicals), mentioned that the surfactant industry was coming into a transformative phase driven by developing client expectations and advances in biotechnology, and that the opportunity lay not just in forming better ingredients however in rethinking how they are developed.
“We see biotechnology as a key enabler of the next generation of specialty chemicals, bringing together performance, sustainability, and innovation. As the first company in India to produce sophorolipids at commercial scale, Godrej Chemicals is supporting shape a new chapter in biosurfactant innovation. Powered by locally sourced renewable raw materials and our production expertise, we’re building a more reliable, scalable biosurfactant supply ecosystem laying the foundation for our next phase of innovation in this space,” he added.
