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BOOSTER FoodGrade

Booster FoodGrade It is a multifunctional polymeric cross-linking additive designed to significantly improve and enhance the physicochemical properties of water-based paints and varnishes, primarily those in Fakolith’s FoodGrade and BioFilmStop lines.

Product description

Booster FoodGrade acts as a post-addition cross-linking agent, reacting and generating a more compact three-dimensional network, increasing the chemical and mechanical performance of the varnish or paint film without altering its transparency, gloss or finish. It improves and enhances properties such as:

  • Resistance to moisture and liquid water.
  • Resistance to alkalis.
  • Resistance to alcohols, fats and oils.
  • Resistance to scratching and rubbing.
  • Adhesion to different substrates.
  • Overall physical, chemical and mechanical properties of the coating or varnish.

FoodGrade Booster is used as a component B, added immediately before application at a rate of 4% to 8% by weight of the compatible paint or varnish to be enhanced. The degree of improvement will depend primarily on the percentage added, the type of coating, the surface, the applied thickness, and the drying and curing conditions.

In industrial marking applications, as well as in cases of indirect contact or occasional or repeated contact with food, the use of Booster FoodGrade does not alter the suitability or the applications described in the technical data sheet and Declaration of Conformity for FoodGrade or BioFilmStop coatings. For example, common uses in coating applications on industrial surfaces such as walls, ceilings, surface marking, functional parts, 3D-printed parts, utensils, etc. 

The use of Booster FoodGrade to enhance the performance of our coatings for food packaging may require additional specific testing, some of which is already underway by Fakolith in accordance with EC Regulation 852/2004, Regulation 1935/2004/EC, Regulation (EC) No. 1895/2005, Regulation (EC) No. 2023/2006, Royal Decree 847/2011, as well as Commission Regulation (EU) No. 10/2011 and its amendments.

For further details, please consult our technical and regulatory department.

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Fakolith Chemical Systems
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