In line with the global trend toward green, low-carbon and sustainable development, biosurfactants are a green alternative to traditional chemical surfactants. ARTEMIS biosurfactants are produced via microbial fermentation from natural biomass such as corn, cassava and wheat, using green extraction processes, and biodegrade fully (100%) in natural environments. We focus on five core sectors: skincare & personal care, animal nutrition, agricultural & ecology, petroleum industry, and pharmaceuticals.
ARTEMIS specializes in the R&D and industrialization of bio-based surfactants. It operates a green, intelligent bio-fermentation production base and overseas sales and technical service centers in New York, USA and Geneva, Switzerland, forming a global R&D-production-sales network and supply chain system.
We continue to drive the transition from petroleum-based to bio-based materials, reduce global reliance on petrochemical feedstocks, and provide biological solutions for sustainable, low-carbon development. ARTEMIS stays true to its corporate vision of “We are innovating for better lives” and embraces green, low-carbon development.
Rhamnolipids and sophorolipids have broad application prospects in skincare & personal care. Compared with traditional petroleum-based surfactants, biosurfactants are 100% naturally degradable, mild and non-irritating to the skin, and offer excellent emulsifying, soil-removing and cleansing performance. In particular, they do not easily damage the skin’s natural lipid barrier during cleansing, leaving skin feeling fresh with no noticeable tightness after washing. With excellent formulation compatibility, they can be widely used in premium green personal care formulations, including sensitive skin care and maternal and baby care.
Biosurfactants have good hard-water resistance and are highly compatible with mainstream surfactants such as amino acids and betaines. They reduce the overall irritation of formulation systems, help simplify formula structure and reduce the use of chelating agents and other additives. Their antibacterial, oil-control and soothing properties overcome the relatively limited functionality of traditional surfactants. While cleansing gently, they also balance oil and moisture and soothe the skin, making them suitable for developing premium functional personal care products.
Relying on mature and stable fermentation mass-production processes, ARTEMIS ensures stable capacity and consistent quality. It provides gentle cleansing and natural repair for bio-skincare and personal care, balances skin microecology, and brings out natural, healthy radiance, aligning with the low-carbon, green and sustainable development direction of the personal care industry.
As a green functional feed additive in animal nutrition, rhamnolipids are safe, multi-functional and synergistic. They offer good emulsifying activity and biocompatibility, are gentle to animals and low in irritation, and can promote the emulsification, dispersion and absorption of fats and fat-soluble nutrients in feed. They also help protect intestinal mucosa, maintain intestinal microecological balance and alleviate stress responses, making them suitable for various feed formulations for livestock, poultry, aquaculture and specialty farming.
Rhamnolipid products are acid- and alkali-resistant and highly stress-tolerant, and are compatible with most feed processing technologies. They show excellent synergy with mainstream additives such as probiotics, plant essential oils and organic acids, reducing overall formulation irritation, mitigating the adverse effects of anti-nutritional factors, simplifying formulation systems and reducing the need for other single-function additives. Rhamnolipids have multiple functions, including broad-spectrum antibacterial, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and intestinal conditioning. While improving feed utilization, they also help regulate lipid metabolism, provide antioxidant effects, repair the intestinal barrier and optimize microbiota structure. They are suitable for antibiotic-free farming, high-efficiency fattening and healthy nursery formulations, aligning with the antibiotic-free, low-carbon and sustainable development direction of the livestock and aquaculture industry.
ARTEMIS relies on mature and stable fermentation mass-production processes using renewable agricultural raw materials to ensure stable capacity and consistent quality. While reducing formulation costs and farming losses, it helps improve animal disease resistance and growth performance and enhance slaughter quality, making it the preferred bio-based raw material for ecological healthy farming and high-end livestock and aquaculture formulations.
Rhamnolipids can replace traditional chemical adjuvants in ecological agriculture, making them the preferred raw material for green agricultural adjuvants. They offer emulsification, penetration, antibacterial and antioxidant activity, and microecological regulation, with excellent biocompatibility, no irritation to crops, acid and alkali resistance, and good compatibility with mainstream agricultural inputs such as agricultural probiotics, plant essential oils, organic acids and humic acid.
In application, rhamnolipids can serve as synergistic emulsifying adjuvants for pesticides and foliar fertilizers, improving spray adhesion and penetration efficiency. They are suitable for reducing fertilizer and pesticide use while enhancing efficiency, and alleviate crop stress responses to adversities such as drought and salinity. They can also activate soil nutrients, optimize rhizosphere microbial community structure, help improve soil compaction and salinization, and enhance the bioavailability of organic pollutants in soil. In addition, they are suitable for manure composting and maturation, aquaculture water regulation, and seedling and root care. The products are completely biodegradable in natural environments with no residue accumulation, in line with green ecological agriculture, low-carbon recycling, organic farming and other development directions.
ARTEMIS relies on mature and stable fermentation mass-production processes to ensure stable capacity and consistent quality. While optimizing agricultural input formulation costs and reducing planting losses, the products help improve crop disease resistance and growth, enhance the appearance and marketability of agricultural products, making them the preferred raw material for ecological planting bases, low-carbon recycling farms and high-end organic agriculture.
As a green biological adjuvant in oil and gas extraction and environmental protection, rhamnolipids can reduce interfacial tension, emulsify and reduce the viscosity of heavy oil, adjust formation wettability and promote hydrocarbon biodegradation. They are resistant to high temperature, acids and alkalis, suitable for various water qualities and a wide pH range, and can be compounded with mainstream oilfield chemicals for better synergistic effects, making them an ideal alternative to traditional chemical adjuvants.
In oil and gas extraction, they act as an adjuvant to reduce flow resistance, activate indigenous microorganisms and enhance crude oil recovery in mature oilfields and heavy oil reservoirs. When compounded and injected into fracturing, well washing and gathering pipelines, they can remove wax and asphaltene blockages, improve imbibition and oil-washing efficiency, and reduce pipeline transportation energy consumption.
In oilfield environmental protection, they are suitable for treating oily sludge, drilling sludge, contaminated soil and water, and produced water. They can emulsify and solubilize recalcitrant petroleum hydrocarbons, improve their bioavailability and assist microbial degradation. The products are 100% biodegradable with no chemical residues, in line with the green extraction and low-carbon emission reduction direction of the petroleum industry.
ARTEMIS relies on mature and stable fermentation mass-production processes to optimize oilfield extraction formulation costs. While increasing crude oil production, it reduces the overall operating costs of extraction and oil pollution treatment, making it an ideal biological solution for green oilfield development.
As a mild bio-based raw material in pharmaceutical R&D, rhamnolipids have good biocompatibility and functions such as emulsification and solubilization, transdermal penetration enhancement and antibacterial activity. They are highly compatible with the weakly acidic to neutral physiological environment of human skin and mucous membranes, mild and low-irritating, and show good synergistic effects when compounded with mainstream active ingredients such as traditional Chinese medicine extracts, peptides and hyaluronic acid.
In topical and transdermal preparations, they can serve as solubilizing and penetration-enhancing excipients, improving the solubility and skin permeation efficiency of poorly soluble ingredients while reducing formulation irritation. Their antibacterial and anti-biofilm properties make them suitable for wound care, oral and periodontal care, medical cleaning and disinfection, and antibacterial coatings for medical devices.
The products are completely biodegradable with no risk of bioaccumulation in the body, in line with the development direction of the personal care and pharmaceutical industries toward natural, safe products and reduced use of chemical auxiliaries.
ARTEMIS relies on mature and stable fermentation and purification mass-production processes to ensure batch-to-batch consistency of high-purity refined rhamnolipids. We are committed to meeting the industry’s demand for high purity. While optimizing formulation costs and reducing excipient irritation, we enhance the antibacterial efficacy of medical ingredients. They are the preferred bio-based raw material for natural medical excipients, medical cleaning consumables and natural emulsifying ingredients for medical applications.