LEXOLUBE CG-3000 is an environmentally friendly, high viscosity synthetic complex ester especially suited as a thickener and co-base stock with vegetable oils. It allows great flexibility to blend high performance vegetable based lubricants to ISO VG 320 and above. LEXOLUBE CG-3000 provides excellent boundary protection, and can be used as an antiwear/extreme pressure additive to eliminate or reduce chlorine, sulfur and/or phosphorus additives in lubricant formulations. With greater than 50% renewable content and high biodegradability, the product in on the LuSC list, making it a great choice for any EAL formula, such as those required by the Vessel General Permit (VGP) or EcoLabel. LEXOLUBE CG-3000 has achieved the NSF international HX-1 ranking for incidental food contact under the requirements of FDA 21 CFR 178.3570.