Vegetable Glycerine (VG)

Vegetable Glycerine (VG) comes from plant-based sources: palm oils, coconuts, or soybeans. VG has many uses in various organic products as a humectant, solvent, emollient, sweetener, bodying agent, preservative, and many more. It dissolves in water and alcohol, consequently helping to mix products of various origins.

Product features:

chemical formula: C₃H₈O₃

density: 1,26 g/cm³

boiling point: 290 °C

three hydroxyl groups

more viscous than propylene glycol

transparent and colorless liquid

Vegetable Glycerine Specification

Identifier (CAS no.) 56-81-5

Content of vegetable glycerine ≥ 99,5 %

Content of water ≤ 0,5 %

Shelf life 2 years

Suggested storage conditions Dry, ventilated, dark area, away from heat sources in tightly closed original packaging at temperature 10-25oC. Keep away from children.

Standard European Pharmacopoeia (Ph. Eur.) and US Pharmacopoeia (USP-NF)