Chitin is the second most abundantnatural biopolymer in the world, behind only cellulose. It isalso the most abundant naturally occurring polysaccharide thatcontains amino sugars. This abundance, combined with the specificchemistry of chitin and its derivative chitosan, make for thearray of potential applications.

Chitosan is a fine off white, odorlessPowder extracted from Crab and Shrimp Shells and its derivativesoffer uses in three areas of cosmetics: hair care, skin care andoral care. Products have already reached the market in all threeareas. We supply Chitosan at varied deacetylation values (80 –95%) and mesh sizes (35 to 100). We also supply High Bulk DensityChitosan (HBDC) ideally suitable for encapsulation, having a bulkdensity of 0.8gm/ml and 0 mesh size to 100 Mesh.