Shell Ondina Oil 15 • 209L
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Medicinal white oils
Shell Ondina Oils are highly refined, non-additive, aromatic-free paraffinic white mineral oils complying with the stringent pharmacopoeia purity requirements. Ondina oils can be used in pharmaceutical, food packaging, cosmetic and other applications, where this high purity is required by legislation or important for the quality of the finished product.
Performance, Features & Benefits
- High purity
Refined to the highest degree of purity removing all aromatics; consisting only of chemically inert and isoparaffin molecules.
- Optimal quality control
Segregated product lines during production, storage, blending and filling; extensive laboratory control testing.
- Excellent stability
Exceeding oxidation and light stability of standard process oils.
Main Applications
- Cosmetic and Pharmaceuticals
Components in cosmetic creams, lotions, oils, toiletries etc.
- Food packaging
Extender oil in polystyrene and other plastics, price labels.
- Hygiene articles
Extender oil in thermoplastic TPE (e.g. SIS, SEPS), TPV and other elastomers.
- Technical applications and car components
Carrier fluid and extender oil for a variety of high quality applications, where colour and stability is important. Suitable when PVC is replaced by TPE elastomers.
- Toys and similar articles
Extender oil in TPE elastomers (e.g. SBS, SEBS)
- Machinery lubrication
The use of medicinal white oils in direct and indirect food applications, e.g. as food additives or for food packaging, is regulated by international specifications supplemented by local legislation. These requirements may deviate from country to country and must be taken into account by the user.
Specifications, Approvals & Recommendations
- European Pharmacopoeia 3rd Edition
- US Pharmacopoeia 29th and 30th Editions
- US FDA §172.878 (“White Mineral Oil”) for direct food contact
- US FDA §178.3620(a) for indirect food contact
- FDA specifications, where above specified oils are positively listed e.g. §173.340, §175.105, §175.210, §175.230, §175.300, §176.170, §176.180, §176.200, §176.210, §177.1200, §177.2260, §177.2600, §177.2800, §178.3120, §178.3570, §178.3740, §178.3910, §573.680.
- UK ‘The Mineral Hydrocarbon in Food Regulations 1966’
- For a full listing of equipment approvals and recommendations, please consult your local Shell Technical Helpdesk.
Health, Safety & Environment
- Health and Safety
Shell Ondina Oil 15 is unlikely to present any significant health or safety hazard when properly used in the recommended application and good standards of personal hygiene are maintained.
Avoid contact with skin. Use impervious gloves with used oil. After skin contact, wash immediately with soap and water.
Guidance on Health and Safety is available on the appropriate Material Safety Data Sheet.
- Protect the Environment
Take used oil to an authorised collection point. Do not discharge into drains, soil or water.