One of the precautionary measures of avoiding the COVID-19 Pandemic is to use a hand sanitizer frequently to disinfect your hands. The rise in the pandemic worldwide led to a sudden surge in the deman
The Ethanol production process requires cornstarch which is converted to glucose and combined with yeast. Toiletries and cosmetics, which include hand sanitizer, account for almost a quarter of India’s end-markets for industrial alcohol. Beyond hand sanitizer, in many cases, one-quarter of hand soap’s ingredients are manufactured by Corn Ethanol Producers, including corn oil and products made from bioprocessing. For example, xanthan gum thickens and stabilizes soap.
The ethanol industry is divided into two categories; the first one manufactures the over the counter (OTC) sanitizers where the FMCG brands dominated the market, till the outbreak of corona. However, post-Corona, the local illegal and unregulated production of OTC hand sanitizers have grown in the country.












