Warewash Cleaning
High-performing solutions for commercial kitchen applications
Cleaning solutions for automatic dishwashers to keep food service running safely and efficiently
There are unique challenges in keeping a commercial kitchen clean, from a high volume of dishes to hard-to-remove food to maintaining food safety certifications.
Dow offers a wide range of solutions for warewash cleaning applications that provide low foam and excellent wetting properties – two critical requirements in commercial automatic dishwashing. Our solutions enable commercial dishwashing formulations that help water penetrate and loosen soil, as well as rinse aids that help prevent spotting.
DOWFAX™ Nonionic Surfactants
DOWFAX™ 20B102 and 20A42 EB are nonionic surfactants that provide excellent wetting performance for commercial dishwashing formulations.
TRITON™ DF Surfactants
TRITON™ DF-12 and CF-10 are low foam, nonionic surfactants that provide excellent detergency and wetting properties for commercial machine dishwashing and rinse aid formulations.
TERGITOL™ L-Series and Min-Foam Surfactants
Dow offers a range of solutions with low foaming, detergency and wetting properties for warewash cleaning, including TERGITOL™ L-62, a readily biodegradable anionic surfactant, and TERGITOL™ MinFoam, a low-foam nonionic surfactant with excellent rinseability and alkaline/acid stability.
VERSENE™ 100 Chelating Agent
VERSENE™ 100 chelating agent is Dow’s strongest, most versatile and widely used chelant for controlling metal ions over a broad pH range in aqueous systems and for manual dishwashing.
ACUSOL™ 445 Polymer
ACUSOL™ 445 is a detergent polymer for a variety of warewash applications, providing excellent performance properties such as the inhibition of crystal growth and the dispersion of precipitates.
Cleaning solutions for manual dish wash to keep food service running safely and efficiently
For a commercial kitchen hard-to-remove food to maintaining food safety certifications.
Dow offers a wide range of solutions for warewash cleaning applications that provide low foam and excellent wetting properties – two critical requirements in commercial automatic dishwashing. Our solutions enable commercial dishwashing formulations that help water penetrate and loosen soil, as well as rinse aids that help prevent spotting.
ECOSURF ™ SA Series Surfactants
ECOSURF™ SA surfactants are bio-derived from seed-oil with low-odor. SA surfactants build foam that collapses quickly with rapid dissolution even in cold water.
TERGITOL™ 15-S Series Surfactants
A secondary alcohol ethoxylate, nonionic surfactant that is readily biodegradable, and has excellent wetting ability to quickly cut through grease and grime.
DOWANOL ™ DPnB and TPnB
DOWANOL ™ DPnB and TPnB are glycol ethers with excellent surface tension-lowering ability, effectively removing oils and greases.
Dow Low-Foam Surfactants for Automatic Dishwashing
Auto Dishwashing Solutions
Industrial and Institutional Cleaning Selection Guide
Dow Surfactants Reference Chart
Dow CleanGredients Certified Products
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