From the second half of 2007 SPIGA started the production of Pure Vegetable Polyglycerols. These products are exclusively obtained by polycondensation of Kosher grade and GMO-free Natural Refined Glycerine. Our Polyglycerols are suitable for food emulsifier production and allow the manufacture of esters in line with 98/86/EC specifications (E475, E476). Because of the vegetable origin, they can be used in formulation where the possibility to claim a final product 100% natural is an issue. This is particularly interesting in cosmetic applications. Thanks to the unique process engineered by Spiga Nord S.p.A. the final composition has an extremely high content in linear polymers and reduces to the minimum the presence of cyclic compounds which are below 1% in Diglycerine and anyhow below 5% for longer chain compositions. This advanced technology combined with more than half a century of experience in refining glycerine results also in unmatched characteristics which you will not find elsewhere in the market: pleasant taste, odourless, colourless (polyglycerine-3 has a typical value < 50 Hazen: three times less than usual market limits) and with a remarkable thermal stability, they fit particularly well in food and cosmetics preparations, where degradations of original characteristics during the process are strongly undesired issues .

We can supply three base products which differ in their oligomer composition:

Polyglycerin
From the second half of 2007 SPIGA started the production of Pure Vegetable Polyglycerin. These products are exclusively obtained by polycondensation of Kosher grade and GMO-free Natural Refined Glycerine. Our Polyglycerin are suitable for food emulsifier production and allow the manufacture of esters in line with 98/86/EC specifications (E475, E476).

CEP
In February 2008 NEOCHIM was granted by the EDQM (European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines) a Certificate of Suitability (CEP) for chemical purity of its Glycerol (Certificate no.: R0-CEP 2007-177-Rev 00).
The a.m. CEP certifies that the quality of Neochim Glycerol is suitably controlled by the current version of the relevant EP monograph (Glycerol: 0496). Consequently it can be used as active substance (API) in medicinal products.

Biodiesel Production
By the end of March 2007, NEOCHIM started the production of Biodiesel on the same site of the glycerine plant The actual capacity is around 260.000 tons of Biodiesel  per year.

Ecocert Italia Certification
On February 2009, Spiga Nord obtained from ECOCERT ITALIA the Certification of "raw materials of natural origin" for the cosmetics products.