Food-grade Lubricants

Podcast 31: Taking the PFAS out of Food-grade Lubes

Podcast 31: Taking the PFAS out of Food-grade Lubes

May 14, 2025

The term PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyls, constitutes a vast number of manmade substances found in countless products ...

NSF’s PFAS-free Food-grade Lube Spec

NSF’s PFAS-free Food-grade Lube Spec

April 16, 2025

United States-based public health standards organization NSF launched a certification for makers of food equipment mater ...

Spotlight on Food-Grade Grease

Spotlight on Food-Grade Grease

July 1, 2024

LANXESS discusses the performance benefits of Calcium Sulfonate Complex (CSC) grease.

The What’s What of Food-grade Lubricants

The What’s What of Food-grade Lubricants

May 31, 2024

NSF answers questions about non-food compounds, ISO 21469 certification as well as the NSF White Book.

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Kluber Expands India Lubes Plant

May 24, 2024

Kluber Lubrication announced it will expand its factory in Mysore, India, to increase the amount of specialty lubricants ...

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Vickers Opening Food-grade Lube Plant

February 6, 2024

Vickers Oils announced it has built a lubricant blending plant in the Leeds, United Kingdom, area dedicated to productio ...

SPOTLIGHT on Food-Grade Lubricants

SPOTLIGHT on Food-Grade Lubricants

November 1, 2023

LANXESS explains how its food-grade greases are ideal for use in complex food processing environments.

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Jax Opens New Headquarters in Wisconsin

August 23, 2023

Jax Lubricants has completed construction of a new headquarters and a factory expansion that increases its lubricants an ...

Food-Grade for Thought?

Food-Grade for Thought?

July 20, 2023

The term food-grade lubricant has been generally accepted by the lubricants industry for some time, but perhaps it is no ...

Outlook for Grease Working Groups

Outlook for Grease Working Groups

January 3, 2023

NLGI and ELGI’s grease working groups stay busy. What are some of the latest and most pressing things on their to-do l ...

A New International Vegan Certification

A New International Vegan Certification

September 1, 2022

Find out how a new international vegan certification might affect food-grade lubricants.

Food-grade Lube Formulators Draw from a More Colorful Palette

Food-grade Lube Formulators Draw from a More Colorful Palette

July 3, 2021

While COVID-19 brought contraction to certain markets, the options for formulators of incidental food contact lubricants ...

Spotlight on Food-grade Lubricants

Spotlight on Food-grade Lubricants

July 3, 2021

Regulations Ramp Up for Food-grade Lubes COVID-19 may have caused widespread disruption this past year, affectin ...

Lubricants’ Role in Food Safety

Lubricants’ Role in Food Safety

January 1, 2021

Lubricants and other nonfood compounds play an important role in the safe operation of food processing and production pl ...

Spotlight on Food-grade Lubricants

Spotlight on Food-grade Lubricants

July 2, 2020

From dairy and meat to confectionary and fruit, the food processing industry is thriving and demand continues to grow. O ...

Out of the MOSH Pit

Out of the MOSH Pit

July 2, 2020

Southeast Asia’s palm oil industry is embracing H1-registered food-grade lubricants to boost sales in the West, where ...

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Food-grade Lube Market Set to Grow

May 31, 2020

A new report by market research company Data Bridge forecasts the food-grade lubricants segment will grow by 7.1 percent ...