Home Laundry

Redefine Clean for Home Laundry with Evonik’s High-Performance Ingredients

In today’s homes, consumers expect laundry products that deliver powerful stain removal, fabric softness, and performance. Formulators are also looking for ingredients suitable for concentrated formulations and for product concepts developed against defined microplastics-related criteria. Evonik supports formulators with advanced surfactant and additive technologies designed to combine cleaning performance, textile-care benefits and clearly documented product attributes.

Evonik’s ingredient technologies are trusted across the industry for their multifunctional performance. Our portfolio includes standout solutions, which enable the creation of high-performance laundry detergents, fabric softeners, stain removers, and hygienic, odor-neutralizing solutions tailored for today’s home care needs.

Why Choose Evonik for Home Laundry?

Proven Performance: Our ingredients deliver deep hygienic cleaning, softness, brightness, and freshness across a wide range of laundry formats.
Defined product attributes: Selected ingredients have documented biodegradability characteristics or use specified renewable feedstocks. Selected products may also be considered for formulations developed against defined microplastics-related criteria. Applicability varies by ingredient and final formulation.
Formulation Expertise: We offer technical support and claim substantiation to help brands launch effective, consumer-preferred products.

Highlight Solutions for Home Laundry by Application

Laundry Detergents

REWOFERM® Biosurfactants can support stain removal and textile-care performance in suitable laundry formulations. Product-specific biodegradability and skin-compatibility-related data are available for selected grades.
High-performance surfactants for low-foam systems and mildness on skin.
AEROSIL® – Fumed silica for convenient pourability of liquid detergents.
SIPERNAT® – Specialty silica as carriers for surfactants, perfume oils, and enzymes.

Fabric Softeners & Conditioners

REWOQUAT® esterquats can support fabric softness and static reduction in suitable fabric-conditioner formulations. Product-specific biodegradability data are available for selected grades.

Odor Control & Hygiene Enhancement

Hydrogen peroxide removes stains and eliminates odor-causing bacteria while protecting textile fibers. After use, it breaks down into only water and oxygen – leaving no chemical residues in the environment.
TEGO Sorb® is an effective odor neutralizer to improve the sensory profile of laundered textiles.
Fabric Refresher Sprays: REWOQUAT SQ 1 provides an effective anti-wrinkle effect and leaves textiles feeling soft, while TEGO Sorb® efficiently eliminates malodors to keep fabrics smelling fresh.

Foam Control & Process Optimization

Reliable antifoam agents for stable washing and rinsing cycles.

Your Evonik Advantage

Technical support: Product-specific technical and regulatory information is available to support formulation and finished-product assessment.
Versatile Applications: Suitable for liquid, powder, capsule, and sheet-based laundry formats.
Global Support: Backed by decades of formulation expertise and regulatory guidance.

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Discover how Evonik’s ingredient technologies can bring cleaning performance, textile care and formulation flexibility together.

Explore our solutions or contact us to discuss the ingredients, technical data and formulation support available for your laundry application.

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REWOFERM®

REWOFERM® biosurfactants are 100% biodegradable cleaning agents made from renewable raw materials. With excellent cleaning power and mildness to skin and nature, they support sustainable formulations. REWOFERM® RL and SL grades simplify complex recipes and meet ecolabel standards across home and industrial applications.

REWOPOL®

REWOPOL® anionic and specialty surfactants provide high‑efficiency wetting, emulsification, and cleaning performance for hard‑surface cleaners, carpet and upholstery shampoos, and industrial formulations. Offering strong foaming or controlled‑foam variants, they enable effective soil removal, stable emulsions, and versatile formulation design across home care, institutional cleaning, and technical applications.

REWOQUAT®

REWOQUAT® cationic surfactants and fabric‑softening agents provide strong substantivity, antistatic effects, and soft hand feel on textiles and nonwovens. Used in finishing, dye‑bath softening, and fiber treatment, REWOQUAT® products enhance glide, leveling, and comfort while supporting efficient processing across cellulosic, synthetic, wool, and blended materials.

VARISOFT®

VARISOFT® esterquats are biodegradable conditioning agents for hair, skin, and fabric care. Derived from renewable sources, they offer softness, antistatic effects, and sensory appeal. support sustainable cleaning and softening formulations with low aquatic toxicity and cold-processability.

TEGO® Sorb

TEGO® Sorb odor absorbers eliminate malodor molecules permanently using zinc ricinoleate technology. Effective across pH ranges, they neutralize sulfur-, amine-, and aldehyde-based odors in household, laundry, and institutional cleaning. Compatible with fragrances and surfactants, TEGO® Sorb supports eco-friendly, high-performance formulations.

AEROSIL®

AEROSIL® fumed silica is a versatile rheology modifier, anti‑caking agent, and free‑flow enhancer produced via flame hydrolysis. Available in hydrophilic and hydrophobic grades, it stabilizes fluids, prevents settling, and improves powder flow - supporting applications from adhesives, sealants, and cosmetics to food, pharma, and advanced technologies like EV batteries.

SIPERNAT®

SIPERNAT® specialty silicas act as high‑performance carriers that convert liquids into free‑flowing powders. Used across feed, food, personal care, plastics, and construction, they offer exceptional absorption capacity, flow improvement, anti‑caking performance, and stable “dry liquid” formulations - enabling easy processing, homogeneous distribution, and long‑term storage stability.