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Beverage makers take out BVO in soft drinks
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Which would you like on your soft drinks: brominated vegetable oil (BVO), sucrose acetate isobutyrate, or glycerol ester of wood rosin? According to this article from the United Soybean Board (USB), beverage producers including Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, have announced the removal…
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Evonik invests in Biosynthetic Technologies
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German specialty chemical company, Evonik, has closed on an equity investment in Biosynthetic Technologies, LLC (BT), a specialist in biobased lubricants headquartered in Irvine, California. BT has developed and manufactures a new class of bio-based synthetic oils called estolides that are…
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Logos Technologies launches rhamnolipid surfactants
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The blog has covered rhamnolipids in the past but so far the last information I got was in 2012 when a company called AGAE Technologies shipped its first laboratory research-grade rhamnolipid. AGAE has licensed this biosurfactant technology from the Oregon State…
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Elevance, Genting in Malaysia biorefinery venture
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Hello readers of the blog. I am back from vacation but I think I need another one as I go through my emails today. That being said, this email from Elevance Renewable Sciences is another good news from the company…
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Soy-based materials continue to expand
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There are several presentations about the industrial use of soybeans at this week’s Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference in Bethesda, Maryland, hosted by the American Chemical Society Green Chemistry Initiative (ACSGCI), that I might as well dig these articles that…
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Roquette starts microalgae production in Lestrem
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Remember when France-based Roquette announced last year that it has dissolved its microalgae joint venture with Solazyme (Solazyme Roquette Nutritionals LLC)? Well, it’s because Solazyme now has a competition in this area as Roquette announced its newly-started 4,000-5,000 tons/year production…
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AkzoNobel, Solvay tracks bio-ECH in the supply chain
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AkzoNobel and Solvay have joined forces with EY (Ernst & Young) to jointly develop a monitoring system that tracks and quantifies the use of renewable raw materials in paints, coatings and other applications. The partnership builds on last year’s agreement…