TEGIN® 4100 Pellets is a consistency-enhancer and co-emulsifier for O/W emulsions that is vegetable based. It is used as a stabilizer in creams and lotions of the oil-in-water-type, because it has viscosity increasing and emulsion-stabilizing properties. In contrast to self-emulsifying glycerol mono-di-stearates (e. g. TEGIN®) TEGIN® 4100 Pellets possess only weak emulsifying properties.