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When it comes to food packaging and utensils, every layer matters — especially the coating that touches what we eat.
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Surfactants used in food-contact coatings play a crucial role in wetting, dispersion, and adhesion. However, their safety, purity, and regulatory compliance determine whether they’re suitable for direct or indirect food applications.

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Food-contact coatings must meet the strictest global standards — from FDA (U.S.) དང། EU Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004, to China GB 9685-2016. This article explores how surfactants are used safely in these coatings, what regulations apply, and how manufacturers like དོང་ཧོང་རྫས་འགྱུར་ ensure product purity and compliance.
What Are Food-Contact Coatings?
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Food-contact coatings form the invisible barrier between food and packaging — ensuring protection, hygiene, and longevity.
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They are polymer-based coatings applied to metal cans, paper, plastic, or glass to prevent corrosion, migration, and contamination. Common examples include can coatings, baking trays, bottle liners, and food storage films.
Functions of Food-Contact Coatings:
- Prevents metal ion migration in cans.
- Improves adhesion between food-safe substrates.
- Provides chemical and moisture resistance.
- Ensures smooth, cleanable, non-reactive surfaces.
To perform these functions efficiently, coatings require surfactants for uniform film formation, pigment dispersion, དང། substrate wetting — but only those approved for food contact can be used.

Why Surfactants Are Needed in Food-Contact Coatings
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In every high-performance coating, surfactants are the invisible enablers of consistency and safety.
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Surfactants reduce surface tension, allowing the coating to spread evenly and adhere to complex surfaces. In food-contact coatings, they ensure smooth film formation without defects or pinholes that could lead to contamination.
Core Functions of Surfactants in Food-Grade Coatings:
- ཆབ་སྤྱོད་རྒྱག་མེད། Ensures even spreading on metal, glass, or plastic substrates.
- རང་བཞིན་ལོག་སྤྱོད་ལ་བརྟེན་འབད། Keeps pigments and fillers uniformly distributed.
- Emulsifier: Stabilizes waterborne resin systems.
- ལོག་སྤྱོད་ལ་བརྟེན་འབད། Produces uniform, defect-free surfaces.
- Anti-Corrosive Agent: Creates a protective layer that prevents leaching.
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- Additives to be non-reactive དང། non-migrating under normal use.
- མཐུན་སྒྲིལ་བྱེད་པ། EU 10/2011 on plastic materials in contact with food.
- Mandatory declaration of residual solvents and monomers.
3. China’s GB 9685-2016 Standard
Lists permitted substances and maximum limits for use in food-contact coatings.
Phosphate esters and related surfactants can be used if they meet the following:
- Residual monomer ≤0.01%.
- Heavy metal content (Pb, Cd, Hg) below detection limits.
- Non-detectable odor or taste transfer.
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Safe Surfactant Types for Food-Contact Applications
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Not every surfactant makes the cut — only ultra-pure, non-toxic, and thermally stable types are suitable for food-contact coatings.
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Below are the most commonly approved surfactants used in food-safe formulations.
| ངོས་སྣོན་རྫས་ཀྱི་རིགས། | ནུས་པ། | Food Safety Property | Example Chemical |
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| Phosphate Esters (AEO-3, NP-Free) | Wetting, dispersing | Biodegradable, thermally stable | Donghong Chemical AEO-3 |
| Fatty Alcohol Ethoxylates (Nonionic) | Emulsifier, leveling agent | Low toxicity, odorless | AEO-9 series |
| Sorbitan Esters (Natural-based) | Emulsifier | Food-grade, plant-derived | Span/Tween surfactants |
| Polyether Silicones | Leveling, anti-foam | Chemically inert | Silicone defoamers |
| Alkyl Polyglucosides (APG) | Eco-friendly surfactant | Derived from natural glucose | APG 0810 |
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Quality Control and Testing Procedures
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Every batch of surfactant intended for food-contact use undergoes rigorous testing before it reaches customers.
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དོང་ཧོང་རྫས་འགྱུར་ maintains a strict QC system aligned with ISO9001 དང། ISO14001 standards to ensure consistency and safety.
Testing Parameters:
| ངོ་བོ། | Standard | Typical Result |
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| དྭངས་གཙང་ཚད། (%) | ≥99 | 99.5 |
| ཨསེད་བརྗེད་ཚད (mgKOH/g) | ≤0.3 | 0.2 |
| ལུས་སྟོན (APHA) | གཞི་རིམ་ལས་སྤྱོད་ལུས་ལ་སྤྱོད་ལུས་ལུས་ལུས་ལུས། | 25 |
| Water Content (%) | ≤0.1 | 0.08 |
| Odor / Taste Transfer | མེད། | Pass |
| Thermal Decomposition (°C) | ≥120 | 130 |
Analytical Methods Used:
- མེག་གཙོ་ལོག་མཁན་ལས་བྱེད་པ། (GC)
- Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR)
- Karl Fischer Moisture Test
- Migration Simulation with Food Simulants
Donghong’s analytical data ensures surfactants remain compliant with FDA, EU, and GB requirements for safe use in food-contact coatings and packaging.
Environmental and Health Safety Aspects
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Food-contact surfactants must not only be safe for humans but also for the planet.
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Modern phosphate esters are biodegradable དང། free from heavy metals, halogens, and APEOs, aligning with the EU’s green chemistry directives.
Eco-Safety Profile:
- Biodegradability: >90% (OECD 301 Test)
- Toxicity: Non-irritating, non-carcinogenic
- VOC Content: <0.1%
- Wastewater Impact: Minimal; easily treatable
Sustainability Practices by Donghong Chemical:
- Closed-loop solvent recovery system (>95% efficiency)
- Zero wastewater discharge from esterification lines
- Active carbon filtration to remove residual impurities
Why Choose Donghong Chemical for Food-Contact Coating Surfactants
དོང་ཧོང་རྫས་འགྱུར་ (Guangdong, China) is a global supplier of high-purity phosphate esters and surfactant additives cURL Too many subrequests.
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