moles of alkyl oxide particularly from 5 to 60 moles particular from 10 to 30 moles also particular 20 40 and more particular from 12 to 30 for each mole of sorbitan another equivalent way to describe u201c moles u201d is as units of alkyl oxide thus the alkoxylated alkylates of sorbitan may have from about 5 to about 100 units of alkyl oxide exemplary alkyl oxides are ethylene oxide and propylene oxide or a combination thereof exemplary alkoxylated alkylates of sorbitan are sorbitan monolaurate sorbitan monooleate sorbitan monopalmitate or sorbitan monostearate that have been alkoxylated with less than 50 moles of ethylene oxide or propylene oxide or a combination thereof relative to the moles of sorbitan more exemplary alkoxylated alkylates of sorbitan are sorbitan monolaurate sorbitan monooleate sorbitan monopalmitate or sorbitan monostearate that have been ethoxylated with from about 10 moles to about 30 moles of ethylene oxide or propylene oxide or a combination thereof relative to the moles of sorbitan more particularly the alkoxylated sorbitan alkylates are alkoxylated esters of sorbitan particularly are sorbitan monolaurate sorbitan monooleate sorbitan monopalmitate or sorbitan monostearate that have been alkoxylated with approximately 20 moles of ethylene oxide or propylene oxide or a combination thereof per mole of sorbitan exemplary surfactants useful as surfactant component i are the polyethoxylated sorbitan monooleates wherein from about 10 30 moles of ethoxylation are present per mole of.