Buyers at detergent makers leverage natural ingredients to reduce costs. From: Purchasing | Date: March 1, 2007 | COPYRIGHT 2007 Reed Business Information, Inc. (US). This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

By Gordon Graff

Detergent makers continue to show interest in obtaining a larger percentage of their ingredients from natural plant sources, as alternatives to the more traditional--and costly--petroleum-based feedstocks, but the long-term outlook is not clear.

Until recently, ingredients obtained from coconuts, palms, soybeans and other plants seemed to have a strategic cost advantage as world oil prices soared. But oil has moderated in recent months, supplies of some petrochemical feedstocks for detergents are plentiful, and some new plant-derived detergent facilities ...

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