At Croda Beauty, our mission is clear: to pioneer smart science that enhances lives. With a relentless commitment to innovation, we craft ingredients that redefine beauty standards, setting trends and surpassing expectations worldwide. From high-performance formulations to sustainable solutions, we empower our customers to create products that stand out in a competitive market, building enduring brands and captivating consumers. Through innovation, we engineer ingredients that not only deliver vital functionality and efficacy but also resonate deeply with consumer desires. But it's not just about performance - it's about responsibility too. From sustainable sourcing to eco-friendly manufacturing practices, we're dedicated to preserving our planet for generations to come. Our technical teams stand ready to support our customers, providing unparalleled guidance and insight to bring their visions to life. From inspirational formulation ideas to comprehensive data packages, we're with you every step of the way.
Profile
Established in 1925, Croda is the name behind sustainable, high performance ingredients and technologies in some of the world’s most successful brands: creating, making and selling speciality chemicals that are relied on by industries and consumers everywhere.
Croda is a FTSE100 company with over 4,500 passionate and innovative employees, working across manufacturing sites and offices around the world with a shared purpose to use Smart science to improve lives™.
As part of this purpose, we have made a bold Commitment to be Climate, Land and People Positive by 2030. By being the most sustainable supplier of innovative ingredients, we will provide solutions to some of the world’s biggest challenges while helping our customers achieve their sustainability goals. Find out more about sustainability at Croda here.
Ingredient Application Areas
Colour cosmetics
Hair care
Male grooming
Skin Care
Solar protection
Our newest launches
Crodamol™ GTS
Crodamol™ GTS is a patented, vegetable-derived emollient, providing exceptional smoothness and shine across multiple hair types. Suitable applications include shampoos, rinse-off conditioners, leave-in conditioners, treatments, hair styling, hair colour, skin care,body care, and colour cosmetics.
Luceane™ GTS
Obtained by biofermentation of Pseudoalteromonas strain, Luceane™ boosts cell energy to combat hypoxiageing™ increased by pollution. It also acts on skin holobiont to reinforce barrier function. Results: reduced premature skin ageing by 5 years in 1 month, immediate skin fatigue decrease, oxygenated, smooth radiant skin.
Natrafusion™ SL HA
An ultra-mild sophorolipid biosurfactant produced via biotechnology, NatraFusion™ SL HA offers an alternative to traditional surfactant chemistries used in personal care applications. When used as a co-surfactant, NatraFusion™ SL HA offers synergistic mildness and cleansing boosting benefits, with no detrimental impact upon foam production. This enables the creation of high-performance facial cleansers that meet the growing needs of consumers, particularly around the protection of skin health and delivering viable solutions for those with sensitive skin types, without compromising on performance.
Phytessence™ Osmanthus
Strongly rooted in many cultures and traditions, the osmanthus flower is highly appreciated in Asia, where it is recognised for its symbolic of happiness and prosperity. Phytessence™ Osmanthus is also prized as the protective flower for daily life. Its proven antioxidant and soothing properties protect the skin from the harmful effects of heat, reduce redness and soothe the skin after sunburn. It's the ideal ingredient for geo-care routines, especially those aimed at protecting the skin from excessive exposure to the sun's rays. Quantified in verbacoside, this ingredient is manufactured using the Eco-sound™ eco-responsible extraction technology.
SphingoCare™
SphingoCare™ is the name of our new comprehensive range of ceramides designed for cosmetic applications. These hero ingredients are mostly obtained from biotechnology and are available either at high purity level, pre-dispersion, or biomimetic blends. These trusted ingredients offer extended activities for skin and hair care such as skin ageing, scalp well-being, soothing, environmental protection, lip care, microbiome balance, and hair cuticle repair.
Our sustainable initiatives
Driven by our purpose, to use smart science to create high-performance ingredients that improve lives, we develop new functional ingredients that will ensure a more sustainable future for the beauty industry.
Our 100% bio-based ECO Range, is comprised of renewable surfactants derived from biomass
sources instead of fossil fuels. These ingredients are manufactured using renewable energy and offer the same performance as traditional options, contributing to a more sustainable future for the beauty industry.
Croda has also achieved notable progresses in introducing Product Carbon Footprints (PCFs) for its extensive ingredient portfolio. We've developed a tool to streamline the calculation of cradle-to-gate PCFs for approximately 1,300 functional ingredient product codes within our Croda Beauty portfolio.
Blog
Have you seen the new blog section on our website? Each week we provide blog content from our global team presenting you the latest industry news, trending topics, new innovations and much more. We will bring you closer to our experts in sales, technical and marketing who will share their thoughts and opinions on topics shaping the beauty and personal care industry.
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