Coast Southwest is advancing its deep surfactant expertise through its strategic North American partnership with Holiferm. This collaboration enables the company to move beyond traditional ingredient distribution and deliver innovative, value-added solutions that address today’s formulation demands for mildness, sustainability, and performance.

What Are Glycolipids? Discover Holiferm’s HoliSurf HF and LF Sophorolipids

Glycolipids are nature’s original biosurfactants. Produced through a sustainable fermentation process using renewable, non-GMO feedstocks (such as glucose and vegetable oil) by the yeast Starmerella bombicola, Holiferm’s sophorolipids are 100% biobased, readily biodegradable, and carry a low carbon footprint with UK-based manufacturing.

  • HoliSurf HF (high-foam, highly acidic/hydrolyzed form): Generates and stabilizes rich, creamy foam while providing exceptional cleansing, dispersing, and fragrance-solubilizing power. It is microbiome-friendly, hydrating, and suitable for sensitive, dry, oily, or acne-prone skin and scalp.
  • HoliSurf LF (low-foam, highly lactonic form): Excels at emulsification, deep cleansing, and mild solubilization with a lighter foam profile, ideal for micellar waters, makeup removers, and leave-on applications.

Both variants are INCI-listed simply as Glycolipids and stand out for their unbeatable mildness, skin-barrier support, and ability to enhance sensory profiles while outperforming many traditional surfactants at lower use levels.

Coast Southwest’s Surfactant Expertise in Action

With decades of experience in surfactant technology, a robust nationwide distribution network, and in-house manufacturing assets, including its facilities in Paso Robles, CA, and in Arlington, TX, Coast Southwest brings unmatched technical capabilities to every project. This competence in surfactants allows the company to engineer complete performance systems rather than simply supply individual ingredients, solving challenges around mildness, foam quality, viscosity, and ease of use while accelerating speed-to-market for formulators.

The latest expression of Coast Southwest’s expertise is the introduction of the Endinol® MILD BSB line of proprietary performance concentrates, specifically designed to leverage Holiferm’s advanced glycolipids.

Endinol® MILD BSB: Sulfate-Free Performance Concentrate Duo

Both Endinol® MILD BSB-1 and Endinol® MILD BSB-2 are sulfate-free (SLS- and SLES-free), meeting strong consumer demand for gentler, non-irritating cleansing systems that still deliver effective foam, cleansing power, and luxurious sensory attributes.

  • Endinol® MILD BSB-1 (fully sulfate-free): A gentle blend of Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine, Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate, Sodium Methyl Cocoyl Taurate, and HoliSurf LF glycolipids. It provides optimized mildness and premium feel,  ideal for facial cleansers, micellar waters, sensitive-skin body washes, and other gentle rinse-off products.
  • Endinol® MILD BSB-2 (SLS/SLES-free): Combines Sodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate, Cocamide DIPA, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, and HoliSurf HF glycolipids for versatile, high-foaming performance. Perfect for shampoos, body washes, and multi-use cleansing systems that require rich lather without compromising mildness.

Formulators simply dilute these ready-to-use concentrates, then add preservatives, fragrance, and other actives as needed, achieving batch-to-batch consistency and simplified development of high-performing, clean-beauty products.

The Power of Partnership: Mildness, Sustainability, and Performance

By integrating Holiferm’s fermented biosurfactants into these proprietary blends, Coast Southwest helps brands achieve the ideal balance of exceptional mildness, strong sustainability credentials, and superior functional performance, all while reducing reliance on traditional petrochemical or palm-derived surfactants.

This launch demonstrates how Coast Southwest’s surfactant competence turns cutting-edge ingredients into practical, easy-to-formulate solutions that meet real market needs.

Coast Southwest + Holiferm: Surfactant Solutions Through Partnership

This alliance reinforces Coast Southwest’s commitment to bringing the most advanced, sustainable, surfactant technologies to North American formulators. Together with Holiferm, the focus remains on delivering not just ingredients, but complete, high-performance solutions that make clean, effective beauty effortless.