Detergents
How do we meet industry needs in the detergent market?
Humens produces a wide range of key ingredients for use in detergents. Certified by Ecocert as an additive for eco-detergents, these products are primarily used in powder laundry detergents and dishwasher tablets.
The flagship product in our line, Nabion®, is a co-granulate with sodium carbonate and sodium silicate. The combination of these two ingredients increases formula efficiency and replaces end-of-life products such as phosphate and zeolite.

Sodium carbonate
- Alkalinity agent
- Dishwasher tablet
- Powder laundry detergent (non-delicate fabrics)

Sodium bicarbonate
- Effervescent
- Alkalinity agent
- Dishwasher tablet
- Powder laundry detergent (delicate fabrics)

Nabion®
- Eliminates Ca and Mg
- Alkalinity agent
- Dispersing agent to avoid mineral deposits
- Anti-corrosive
- Liquid absorption (ex.: surfactant)
- Improves surfactant efficiency
- Formulas for washing clothes and dishes (liquid, powder, and tablet)
- Dishwasher tablet
- Powder laundry detergent

Liquid sodium silicate
- Anti-corrosive
- Formulas for washing clothes and dishes (liquid, powder, and tablet)


Our services
A highly efficient supply chain

Our production sites in Europe and Asia serve our customers around the entire world. The synergy operating between these two plants enables our teams to access the resources necessary for every step in the production process. This ensures that our products are available internationally under the best possible conditions regarding quality and lead-time.
Personalized customer service

Customer relations are a central part of our industrial performance at Humens. While R&D, production, logistics, and Quality activities are essential, our main focus is on our customers’ global needs. We diligently provide fast and complete service to consistently meet or exceed expectations.
Product focus: Nabion®
24 Oct 2022
Nabion® is an all-in-one and eco-friendly builder produced by Novabion (part of Humens group). It is a fully water-soluble mineral powder composed of white granules made from sodium carbonate and sodium silicate. It complies with the Ecocert standard for eco-detergents.

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Water treatment and drinking water production
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Singapore Chemicals edition: Raymond Sinnah’s interview
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Recipe: Sodium Bicarbonate Pancakes
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Discover how to use our sodium bicarbonate in a pancake recipe. A recipe tested and approved by our teams themselves! At the same time, find out why sodium bicarbonate is used in cooking and baking.

Pagny-sur-Meuse: a “digital” career
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Humens produces in France sodium bicarbonate which is essential for dialysis for exemple but also for several otehr markets. The necessary limestone is extracted from a quarry where the cutting lines and the routes of the extraction and transport machines are entirely digitalized.

Recipe: Sodium bicarbonate gingerbread
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Discover how to use our sodium bicarbonate in a homemade gingerbread recipe. Softness and pleasure guaranteed! Sodium bicarbonate and its leavening power Thanks to its leavening properties, Sodium Bicarbonate can be used for bakery market to formulate gingerbread for example. […]

Recipe: Fizzy bath powder
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Humens team proposes you a recipe of fizzy bath powder with our sodium bicarbonate manufactured on our production sites. Sodium bicarbonate, the main ingredient Sodium bicarbonate can be used to produce effervescence thanks to its reaction with an acid agent (citric acid for instance) […]

Novafeed and Novafeed SA
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Recipe: Powder toothpaste
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Discover how to make your own powdered toothpaste with our baking soda, a practical and ideal format to carry when you travel. Sodium bicarbonate: the essential ingredient in toothpaste When mixed with saliva, sodium bicarbonate acts as an alkaline pH buffer. […]
