Oleochemicals are made from vegetable and animal oils and fats and/or petrochemicals feedstocks. They range from fatty acids, fatty esters, glycerine, alcohols and metallic soaps to fatty nitriles and their derivatives.
By applying chemical know-how, oleochemicals feedstocks are converted into a wide range of chemical products for use in lubricants, soaps and detergents, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, food additives, leather, paints and coatings, printing inks, rubber, plastics, metal-working and many other industries. In fact, few products have a wider range of applications than oleochemicals