Enzyme Solutions for Laundry and Softeners

We are committed to bringing next-generation ingredients to the homecare market that enable our customers to produce better-performing formulations and meet the latest consumer demands for clean living products. Univar Solutions is the proud distributor of enzymes by Novonesis, a world leader in biotechnology innovation. Together, we offer a portfolio of innovative, sustainable cleaning aids and softener ingredients designed to improve wash performance and tackle the toughest laundry challenges.

Whether it’s combatting resistant stains, removing oily food debris, brightening colors or maintaining fabric care, we have a solution to fit your cleaning application and laundry detergent manufacturing needs. Learn more about the science behind enzymes for laundry.

Effective laundry cleaning through enzymes

Dirt comes in various forms and incorporates proteins, starches and lipids—and what's more, garments treated with starch must be liberated from that starch. Using cleansers in water at high temperatures with vigorous mixing can rid garments of most kinds of dirt. However, enzymes offer a solution to conserve the cost and usage of energy resources while prolonging the shelf life of materials.

Applying enzymes as a washing aid enables laundry cleansers to dispel tough protein-based stains (milk, blood, grass and sweat) with lower temperatures and shorter washing cycles. 

An enzyme solution for every cleaning challenge

Novonesis' enzymatic solutions are simple yet powerful laundry aids to help formulators address the following challenges for consumers:

Biosolutions to maintain fabric integrity

Liquid cleaning and care cellulases: Brightening colors and restoring fabric smoothness. The laundry process is already a daunting chore and taking extra steps to maintain fabric integrity can be burdensome for consumers. Novonesis' liquid cleaning cellulase keeps whites white and colors bright by preventing dirt particles in the wash water from depositing on otherwise clean clothes. Cellulase provides high performance even in eco-friendly wash modes and prevents redeposition of non-bleachable soils such as dyes from jeans, traffic dirt and clay particles from mud, preventing fabric graying and color dullness over time.

Novonesis also offers liquid care cellulase to preserve and restore the smoothness and colors of cotton fabrics. These products deliver exceptional performance, even in cold washes and in the presence of strong chelators, and effectively remove unsightly fuzz and pill build-up on cotton fabric.