Find out which glycerol product best fits your needs
Why choosing Spiga Nord refined glycerine?
Because Spiga Nord is the manufacturer of the finished product: the high quality of the product is maintained thanks to the fact that all aspects related to manufacturing, quality control, packaging and warehousing are under Spiga direct control and responsibility.
Can Spiga Nord glycerol be used as excipient in pharmaceutical products?
Yes, of course.
The product complies with the specifications established by Eur. Ph. monograph 0496.
“Glycerol Eur. Ph. min. 99,5% vegetable origin – Excipient” is manufactured in a separated and dedicated installation (no cross contamination is possible) in compliance with GMP guidelines applicable for excipients.
Moreover the systems used for business management (ERP) and analytical data management (LIMS) are validated according to GAMP requirements.
Can Spiga Nord glycerol be used in personal care products?
Yes, of course.
“Glycerol Eur. Ph. min. 99,5% vegetable origin” Glycerol is suitable for the manufacture of personal care products and it complies with the standards established by COSMOS and ECOCERT FRANCE for cosmetic raw materials.
Can Spiga Nord glycerol be used in foodstuffs?
Yes, of course.
“Glycerol E422 Food Additive” is suitable to be used in foodstuff for it is complying with the requirements established by European Regulation 2023/1329 for the Food Additive E422 GLYCEROL.
Is Spiga Nord glycerol a versatile product?
Yes, of course.
Spiga Nord Refined glycerine can be used in a wide variety of production: from pharmaceutical, food and cosmetic formulations to tobaccos, toothpaste, polyurethanes, painting resins and explosives manufacture.
Can Spiga Nord glycerol be used in 100% natural products?
Yes, of course.
Spiga Nord refined glycerol is obtained only from vegetable origin GMO free crude glycerine (absence of BSE/TSE risk) purchased by qualified suppliers.
Is Spiga Nord glycerol human safe?
Yes, of course.
Thanks to a fifty years-experience in the production of refined glycerine, Spiga Nord is able to manufacture a pharmaceutical grade refined glycerine which is characterized by high chemical and microbiological purity, absence of human dangerous substances as diethylene glycol and related substances, residual solvents, micotoxins, pesticides and heavy metals.
Is Spiga Nord glycerol available in every country and in various kind of packaging?
Yes, of course.
Spiga Nord is able to distribute its refined glycerol in every European and overseas country in different packaging varying from 25 kg capacity to 28 tons capacity.
The packaging employed (plastic cans, internally coated iron drums, IBCs, tankers for product delivery “in bulk”) is suitable for pharmaceutical and food requirements.
Find out which polyglycerol product best fits your needs
Can Spiga Nord polyglycerols be used in personal care products?
Yes, of course.
The use of ethoxylated derivatives in personal care formulations is increasingly questioned for dermatological and environmental reasons: polyglycerol esters can be used for the preparation of ethoxylated-free emulsions. Moreover they comply with the standards established by COSMOS and ECOCERT FRANCE for cosmetic raw materials.
In the research and development phases of a cosmetic formulation it is absolutely necessary to ensure that the product stability and functionality is valid after marketing and over shelf-life; moreover cosmetic products must maintain their texture, fragrance, softness, fast absorption in course of time. Polyglycerol esters, together with other compounds, can solve all these problems.
Can Spiga Nord polyglycerols be used in foodstuffs?
Yes, of course.
Spiga Nord Polyglycerols are suitable for the manufacture of esters in line with specifications laid down for Food Additives E475 POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS and E476 POLYGLYCEROL POLYRICINOLEATE in Regulation (EU) 2023/1329 and in 21 CFR 172.854 for the Food Additive POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS. Polyglycerols esters cover various functions in Foodstuffs: emulsifiers, fat-substitutes, active agent for the maintenance of foodstuff’s rheology.
The ester E475 is formed from a reaction between polyglycerols and edible fats, oils or fatty acids. The products can also contain mono-, di-, and triglycerides together with free glycerol and polyglycerols and free fatty acids. Polyglycerol esters are widely used in foods as aerating agents, crystal modifiers, starch-complexing agents, humectants, defoaming agents and anti-spattering agents.
Polyglycerol polyricinoleate is principally used as a viscosity modifier. It is also used to maintain stable emulsions of oil and water systems with high water content. E476 is for example found very helpful in maintaining chocolate’s integrity when used in bath for composite ice-cream.
Can Spiga Nord polyglycerols be used as Additives for Polymers?
Yes, of course.
In our opinion this is the future for Polyglycerols or (more probably) for Polyglycerol esters. They can be used: as plasticizers for specific new rheological properties added immediately in polymerization in mass, suspension or emulsion phases or in the final production steps; as antifogging agents which can migrate to the polymer surface but with no migration to the product; as lubricants since they are viscous liquids which maintain this character also at higher temperatures.
Can Spiga Nord polyglycerols be used as Additives for technical fluids?
Yes, of course.
Spiga Nord refined Polyglycerols are non toxic and non dangerous for the environment and for these reasons suitable to be used as drilling fluids, hydraulic media, lubricant for technical fluids application where strict environmental and safety regulations are applied.
Can Spiga Nord polyglycerols be used in Additives for detergents?
Yes, of course.
Polyglycerol esters can be used in detergent formulations as they are good emulsifiers (non ionic surfactant); in fact detergents must remove dirty matter, which is usually characterized a lipophilic behavior, in a fully water media.
Polyglycerol esters with an high HLB value can dramatically increase the efficiency of Oil-in Water emulsions with high water content and can act as surfactants to stabilize this emulsion.
Is Spiga Nord polyglycerols be used in 100% natural products?
Yes, of course.
Polyglycerols are suitable for the manufacture of natural esters because they are exclusively obtained from vegetable origin GMO free kosher refined glycerines(absence of BSE/TSE risk) purchased by qualified suppliers.
Are Spiga Nord polyglycerols versatile products?
Yes, of course.
An important attribute of polyglycerols is the possibility of producing tailor-made emulsifiers with the desired properties (HLB, Hydrophilic-lipophilic balance) through the selection of the appropriate fatty acid and polyglycerol, ratio between the two components and manufacturing conditions.
Are Spiga Nord polyglycerols human safe?
Yes, of course.
In view of the more “diluted” number of hydroxyls groups within the carbon chain and the greater molecular weight with respect to Glycerol, Polyglycerols and Polyglycerol esters are better tolerated by the human skin.
Are Spiga Nord polyglycerols available in every country and in various kind of packaging?
Yes, of course.
Spiga Nord is able to distribute its refined polyglycerols in every European and overseas country in different packaging varying from 25 kg capacity to 28 tons capacity.