Shell Silk Alkane launch in in-cosmetics Global Amsterdam April 2025
Shell is proud to announce its entry into the beauty and personal care (BPC) ingredients market with the launch of Shell Silk Alkane, an innovative range of synthetic fluids. Shell Silk Alkane is engineered to deliver sensory elegance, functional performance, application versatility and ready biodegradability 鈥� making it the premium choice for beauty and personal care formulations.
Shell Silk Alkane is designed to meet the increasing demand for high-purity and effective BPC ingredients. Its pharmaceutical-quality synthetic composition ensures exceptional purity and consistency for superior formulation performance. It offers smooth and silky sensory experience for skin and hair, exceptional purity and consistency for personal care and cosmetic products formulations performance, and ready biodegradability due to its lightly branched molecules and the lack of naphthenic content.
Derived from Shell鈥檚 proprietary Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) technology, Shell Silk Alkane is engineered for consistency and performance. GTL technology takes widely available natural gas and transforms it into highly pure, synthetic molecules, resulting in an ingredient that is virtually odourless, biodegradable and vegan verified*. And it is backed by Shell鈥檚 large-scale GTL production facility and a global logistics network that supports seamless fulfilment in local markets and ensures supply security.
鈥淲ith the beauty and personal care industry shifting towards more responsible and biodegradable alternatives, Shell Silk Alkane emerges as a versatile, high-performance substitute for commonly used emollients and with its soft and silky sensory profile and stability,鈥� said Vanessa Boag, Vice President, Global Marketing.
鈥淪hell Silk Alkane is more than just an ingredient: it is the embodiment of The Silk Spot 鈥� a space where elegance, performance, versatility and biodegradability converge.鈥�
The launch of Shell Silk Alkane at the 2025 in-cosmetics Global Summit, Amsterdam, marks a milestone moment for this new brand to meet the beauty and personal care sector. Shell invites industry leaders, formulators and beauty brands to experience the future of beauty innovation with Shell Silk Alkane. Visit our stand at the in-cosmetics Global Summit to discover how The Silk Spot can transform your formulations.
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Sensory elegance, functional performance and application versatility of Shell Silk Alkane are proven from the studies conducted by a Contract Research Organization with quality management system as certified by ISO 9001:2015 and Information Security Management System certified by ISO 27001:2013, both audited by SGS. Shell Silk Alkane G3, G6 and G10 are readily biodegradability while G18 is inherently biodegradable as tested according to OECD Guideline 301 B. Shell Silk Alkane G3, G6, G10, G18 meet German Pharmacopeia. Shell Silk Alkane is a range of products with consistent quality virtually free of manufacturing impurities as it is synthetically produced from Shell鈥檚 proprietary Gas-to-Liquids technology.
Toxicological and ecotoxicological properties of gas-to-liquid (GTL) products.2. Ecotoxicology - PubMed
*Chem-MAP, this product is free from animal DNA (mammals, birds, fish, insects, crustaceans, and molluscs), and produced in a facility that handles no animal-origin products to prevent cross-contamination.