Gobiotics Ingredients

What Gobiotics Ingredients does

Gobiotics Ingredients, now operating commercially under the brand Sweetch (Impact Beauty | Sweetch), is a privately held B2B supplier of bio-based ingredients to the beauty and personal care industry. The company was founded in 2002, is registered in the Netherlands (Hoogerheide), and lists its operational headquarters at 34, rue du Mont Thabor, 75001 Paris, France; the entity is privately held with no disclosed external funding or parent company.

The core offering rests on a proprietary green chemistry platform used to develop high-performance bio-based ingredients for cosmetic formulations. Beyond raw ingredients, the company has expanded into ready-to-use formulations across skin care, makeup, sun care, and hair care applications, and has launched branded concept ranges including Best Face Forward and Love Your Body. Its most notable recent technical launch is NatPearls, a next-generation visual carrier system for cosmetic formulations, introduced at In-Cosmetics Global. Distribution is handled through a multi-region network covering Europe, the Americas, Asia, Africa, and Australia, with a gated professional account portal for distributor and customer access to product information, samples, and pricing. Marketing is content-led, supported by industry event participation (NYSCC, In-Cosmetics Korea 2026) and educational content on ingredient transparency and formulation trends.

The revenue model is the sale of ingredients (and increasingly formulations and concept IP) via a distributor-led B2B channel; no pricing is publicly disclosed. Customer targeting is horizontal across beauty and personal care brand manufacturers seeking sustainable, naturally derived ingredient solutions. There are no disclosed named end customers, no revenue figures, and no disclosed certifications or patent portfolio in the input data, which limits visibility into commercial scale and defensibility metrics.

Name

Gobiotics Ingredients

Legal name

Sweetch

Website

https://gobiotics-ingredients.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Gobiotics Ingredients (operating as Sweetch) is a privately held, Netherlands- and Paris-based B2B supplier of proprietary bio-based ingredients and ready-to-use formulations for beauty and personal care brands, distributed globally through a multi-region distributor network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Hoogerheide

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Bio-based Ingredient Sales: Sale of innovative, high-performance bio-based ingredients to the beauty and personal care industry. Ingredients are distributed globally through a distributor network.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Gobiotics Ingredients (operating as Sweetch) develops, manufactures, and supplies innovative, high-performance bio-based ingredients and ready-to-use cosmetic formulations for the beauty and personal care industry. Its portfolio covers skin care, makeup, sun care, and hair care applications and is built on proprietary green chemistry technologies, including the NatPearls visual carrier delivery system. Products are distributed globally through a network of distributors and accessed by customers via a gated professional account system.

Product overview

Gobiotics Ingredients operates as Sweetch, delivering a portfolio of innovative, high-performance bio-based ingredients to the beauty industry through proprietary green chemistry. The company offers two core offerings: bio-based ingredients and ready-to-use formulations across skin care, makeup, sun care, and hair care applications. Product concepts include the 'Best Face Forward' range for facial applications and 'Love Your Body' for body care. The company has also launched NatPearls, a next-generation visual carrier system introduced at In-Cosmetics Global.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Bio-based Ingredients Innovative, high-performance bio-based ingredients for the beauty and personal care industry, developed through proprietary green chemistry technologies and sold as specialty raw materials to formulators and brand manufacturers.
• Formulations Ready-to-use cosmetic formulations across multiple applications including skin care, makeup, sun care, and hair care, created using the company's bio-based ingredient portfolio and supplied to beauty and personal care brand manufacturers.
• NatPearls Next-generation visual carrier system for cosmetic formulations, providing differentiated visual/aesthetic delivery benefits to beauty products for use by formulators and brand manufacturers.
• Best Face Forward A product concept line focused on facial skin care and makeup applications, leveraging the company's bio-based ingredients and formulations.
• Love Your Body A product concept line focused on body care applications, leveraging the company's bio-based ingredients and formulations.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Ashland: Global specialty chemical company with a personal-care division supplying biofunctional and preservative ingredients. Comparable to Gobiotics as a broad incumbent in cosmetic formulation ingredients.
• Croda International: Global specialty chemicals company with one of the largest personal-care ingredient portfolios, including bio-based and sustainable lines. Directly comparable to Gobiotics as a supplier of high-performance ingredients for skincare, hair care and sun care formulations.
• Evonik Industries: Major specialty chemicals group with a dedicated personal-care ingredients business serving skin, sun and hair care markets. Overlaps with Gobiotics as a broad incumbent supplier of sustainable and bio-based actives and formulation aids.
• Symrise (Cosmetic Ingredients): Global flavors and fragrances group with a significant cosmetic ingredients portfolio serving skincare, sun care and hair care. Comparable as a broad incumbent that competes with Gobiotics for personal-care formulation briefs.
• BASF (Personal Care): Diversified chemical major with a large personal-care ingredients business spanning actives, emollients and bio-based materials. Comparable as a broad incumbent competitor in sustainable cosmetic ingredients.

Direct peers

• Givaudan (Active Beauty): Fragrance and beauty ingredient house with an Active Beauty division focused on bioactive cosmetic ingredients. Highly comparable to Gobiotics as a specialty B2B supplier of innovative, science-backed ingredients for skincare and personal care brands.
• Gattefossé: France-based specialty ingredient maker serving skincare and personal care with a focus on natural, bio-based actives and lipid chemistry. Closely comparable to Gobiotics as a privately held, formulation-focused specialty ingredient peer.
• Lucas Meyer Cosmetics (IFF): Supplier of cosmetic actives and phospholipid-based ingredients, now part of IFF. Highly comparable to Gobiotics as a specialty B2B supplier of innovative, high-performance bio-based cosmetic ingredients.
• Seppic (Air Liquide Healthcare): Specialty ingredients subsidiary of Air Liquide serving beauty, personal care and health markets with surfactants, polymers and actives. Directly comparable to Gobiotics as a B2B supplier of formulation ingredients for cosmetic brands.
• Clariant (Personal Care): Specialty chemicals supplier with a dedicated personal-care portfolio including natural and sustainable ingredients for skincare and hair care. Directly comparable to Gobiotics in target market, customer base and ingredient-type offering.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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