01Category
Plant-based Surfactants
Cleansing and foaming actives for rinse-off formulations, selected for mildness, foam quality and viscosity response.
UK manufacturer — Personal & home care
Laventalis
Plant-based specialty ingredients for personal and home care.
Laventalis is a UK manufacturer of specialty ingredients, supplying personal care and home care manufacturers in Europe.
Fig. 01 — Material study, surfactant concentrate
01What we do
Specialty ingredients, selected for what they do in a formulation.
We develop our portfolio around specialty ingredients for personal care and home care, with a particular emphasis on plant-derived chemistry. Selection is driven by formulation performance: how a material behaves in a real system, not how it reads on a specification sheet.
Personal care is currently the stronger part of the portfolio. Home care is an intended area of activity and that range is still developing. We have our own formulation development capability, so we can evaluate materials in realistic systems before recommending them.
02Portfolio
Four categories.
02Category
Mild Emulsifying Agents
Emulsifying systems for creams, lotions and fluid emulsions, considered in terms of stability, texture and processing.
03Category
Hair-Care Actives and Proteins
Ingredients for hair and skin conditioning, evaluated on wet and dry feel and formulation compatibility.
04Category
Functional Ingredients
Rheology modifiers, solubilisers, film formers and other materials that resolve specific formulation problems.
Fig. 02 — Plant-derived source materials
03Portfolio philosophy
Performance first, with plant-derived chemistry where it earns its place.
Modern formulations have to deliver performance, remain practical to manufacture and stand up to increasingly careful material selection.
We concentrate the portfolio on specialty chemistry with an emphasis on plant-derived alternatives where these provide useful technical functionality. The test is whether a material does the job well in the formulation it is intended for.
We do not claim that every ingredient we supply is plant-derived, nor that conventional synthetic chemistry has no place in formulation. Material choice is a technical decision, made per project.
04Who we work with
Technical evaluation, ingredient selection, supply.
01Formulators and R&D teams
Ingredient information for practical evaluation: what a material does, where it fits in a formulation and what to consider when working with it. Technical advice and formulation support are available as part of the conversation.
02Technical managers
A direct technical conversation about performance requirements, formulation constraints and how candidate ingredients compare.
03Procurement
Clear commercial discussion around supply of selected ingredients into European personal care and home care manufacturing, with stock held in an EU warehouse.
05European focus
A UK company working with European manufacturers.
Laventalis is based in the United Kingdom and supplies the European personal care and home care industries. We hold stock in an EU-based warehouse, which keeps transportation short and avoids customs complexity for European customers. The portfolio is managed with full EU regulatory compliance, including EU REACH.
Fig. 03 — Process detail
Contact
Discuss an ingredient requirement
Contact us regarding ingredient requirements, technical questions or commercial enquiries. Enquiries are answered by people who can discuss formulation and supply in detail.