What Croda Beauty does

Croda Beauty is the personal care ingredients division of Croda International Plc, a publicly traded UK specialty chemicals company headquartered at Cowick Hall, Snaith, East Yorkshire, and listed on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker CRDA. The division develops and manufactures specialty chemical ingredients for the global cosmetics and personal care industry, serving beauty brands, cosmetic manufacturers, and indie beauty companies across skin care, hair care, color cosmetics, and sun care applications. Croda Beauty distributes through its CrodaON enterprise portal and a direct field sales force, operating in 37 countries with multilingual support in English, Japanese, and Chinese.

The company's product portfolio is anchored by biotechnology-derived active ingredients. The flagship Matrixyl collagen peptide platform has been extended with Matrixyl Neolide, a submicron lipid encapsulation technology launched in April 2026 that improves peptide bioavailability through the skin barrier. Other core actives include KeraBio K31, a biomimetic peptide for hair bond repair, and Malvallin, a smart active targeting skin architecture and facial contour. Underlying capabilities include bio-fermentation (notably ceramides acquired through Solus Advanced Materials), plant cell culture technology, peptide synthesis, and advanced encapsulation. The company also offers functional ingredients such as emulsifiers and emollients (Arlacel, Crodamol, Crodazoquat ranges), botanical extracts, neuroactive ingredients, and the Solaveil mineral UV filter line. Sustainability credentials include SBTi-verified Net Zero targets, COSMOS, RSPO, and USDA Biopreferred certifications, with documented product carbon footprints across more than 1,550 SKUs.

Croda Beauty's revenue model is B2B specialty ingredients sales via direct enterprise channels with quote-based pricing and no public price disclosure. Customers include global beauty brands and indie manufacturers supported by a technical library, formulation examples, sample-request workflows, and webinars. The company invests in industry trade show participation (in-cosmetics Global and regional events), content marketing, and direct sales engagement. Recent strategic activity includes the 2023 acquisition of Korean ceramide fermentation capacity via Solus Advanced Materials, multi-party development of the sustainable CleanOil 25 yeast-derived cosmetic oil with Clean Food Group and THG Labs in 2025, a December 2025 commercial agreement with SkinBioTherapeutics to launch Zenakine, and the April 2026 launch of Matrixyl Neolide. The Beauty of Zero sustainability initiative structures Croda's environmental commitments across six pillars.

Name

Croda Beauty

Legal name

Croda International Plc

Website

https://crodabeauty.com

Company type

Public

Founded year

1925

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

Croda Beauty, the personal care ingredients division of Croda International Plc, develops and supplies biotechnology-derived specialty ingredients—including peptides, ceramides, and encapsulation technologies—to beauty brands and cosmetic manufacturers globally across 37 countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

NAICS

Soap and Cleaning Compound Manufacturing (32561)

SIC

Soap, Detergents, Cleang Preparations, Perfumes, Cosmetics (2840), Perfumes, Cosmetics & Other Toilet Preparations (2844)

akta.pro primary industry

Personal Care & Cosmetic Ingredients (IMAEABAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Professional Skincare & Facial Treatments (CRABALAF), Hair Care (Shampoo, Conditioner, Styling, Treatments) (CRADANAE)

Keywords

• Specialty cosmetic ingredients
• Personal care chemicals
• Biotech active ingredients
• Peptide encapsulation technology
• Sustainable beauty formulations

Headquarters

HQ city

Yorkshire

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Specialty Ingredients Sales: Croda Beauty generates revenue by developing, manufacturing, and selling specialty chemical ingredients to beauty brands and personal care manufacturers worldwide. The company offers a broad portfolio of active ingredients, peptides, botanicals, functional ingredients, and encapsulation technologies for use in cosmetic formulations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Croda Beauty develops, manufactures, and supplies specialty chemical ingredients for the cosmetics and personal care industry. Its portfolio spans biotechnology-derived actives (peptides, ceramides, neuroactive ingredients), botanicals, encapsulation technologies, and functional ingredients (emulsifiers, emollients) used by beauty brands in skin care, hair care, color cosmetics, and sun care formulations. Products are sold B2B to brand owners and contract manufacturers worldwide via the CrodaON portal, direct sales, and trade show engagement.

Product overview

Croda Beauty is a specialty chemicals company that creates, makes and delivers ingredients for the personal care and cosmetics industry. Their product portfolio centers on high-performance active ingredients including Matrixyl Neolide (advanced peptide delivery technology), Malvallin (skin architecture active), and KeraBio K31 (biotech hair repair peptide). The company also offers bio-fermentation-derived ceramides, peptides, neuroactive ingredients, botanical extracts, encapsulation technologies, and functional ingredients like emulsifiers and emollients for skin care, hair care, color cosmetics, and sun care applications. Their ingredients are sold to formulation brands worldwide.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Beauty of Zero: Sustainability initiative focused on achieving zero negative impact through sustainable ingredients, operations and value chains.

Quantifiable outcome

• 95% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions compared to conventional agricultural oils
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• SkinBioTherapeuticsminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 December 2025Croda entered into a commercial agreement with SkinBioTherapeutics, a UK biotech company focused on skin health. SkinBioTherapeutics launched Zenakine in the global cosmetics industry through this partnership, representing Croda's collaboration with innovative biotech companies in the skin health space.
• Clean Food GroupminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 12 September 2025Croda partnered with Clean Food Group and THG Labs to co-develop CleanOil 25, a sustainable yeast-derived oil made from surplus bread that serves as an alternative to palm oil for the cosmetics industry. The ingredient reduces greenhouse gas emissions by over 95% compared to conventional agricultural oils and received regulatory approval for cosmetic use in the UK, EU, and US.
• THG LabsminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 12 September 2025THG Labs collaborated with Clean Food Group and Croda on the development of CleanOil 25, a sustainable cosmetic ingredient derived from waste面包酵母油脂，用于个人护理和化妆品行业。

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Symrise Diana Personal Care: Symrise's Diana Personal Care division is a direct competitor offering cosmetic actives, botanical extracts, and functional ingredients to the same global beauty and personal care manufacturers with similar technical service models.
• Seppic (Air Liquide): Seppic competes directly with Croda Beauty in specialty excipients, emulsifiers, polymers, and biotech-derived actives for skin care, with strong overlap in formulation-support service for indie and mass beauty brands.
• DSM-Firmenich: DSM-Firmenich's Personal Care & Aroma segment competes head-to-head with Croda Beauty in vitamins, UV filters, skin bioactives, and peptides, with comparable global footprint and clinical-claim-driven go-to-market.
• Evonik Personal Care & Hygiene: Evonik's Care Solutions business directly competes with Croda Beauty in specialty surfactants, conditioning agents, active ingredients, and biotechnology-derived cosmetic raw materials, serving overlapping global B2B beauty brand customers.
• Givaudan Active Beauty: Givaudan Active Beauty is a direct competitor focused on biotech-derived cosmetic actives, peptides, and microbiome-based ingredients — closely overlapping Croda Beauty's biotechnology platform and encapsulation approach.
• Ashland Specialty Chemicals: Ashland's Personal Care Specialties business competes directly with Croda Beauty in hair care polymers, skin bioactives, and preservation technologies, serving overlapping global and indie beauty brand customers.
• Clariant Personal Care: Clariant's Personal Care specialty business directly competes with Croda in sustainable surfactants, active ingredients, and natural-based formulations, targeting overlapping global beauty brand customers with comparable sustainability narratives.
• Lubrizol Life Science (Beauty): Lubrizol's Beauty and Personal Care division directly competes with Croda in polymers, conditioning agents, and specialty actives for skin and hair care, serving the same global B2B beauty customer base.
• BASF Personal Care: BASF's Care Creations division is the largest direct competitor to Croda Beauty, offering actives, UV filters, polymers, and biotechnologically derived ingredients to the same global beauty brand customers with similar formulation-support service models.

Emerging players

• Doosan Enpure (Ceramide/Biotech): Doosan's biotech unit is an emerging Asian competitor in fermentation-derived ceramides and peptides — a category Croda entered through Solus — making it a focused comparability point on the biotech actives front.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@CrodaBeauty
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/croda-beauty
• Instagraminstagram.com/croda_beauty

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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