Segment Profile
The Nutrition & Care segment, consisting of the Care Chemicals and Nutrition & Health divisions, serves the growing needs of food and feed producers as well as the pharmaceutical, cosmetics, detergents and cleaners industries. We offer solutions for the increasingly sophisticated demands of fast-moving consumer goods, as well as for technical applications, crop protection and nutrition. We strive to expand our position as a leading provider of ingredients for consumer goods in the areas of nutrition, home and personal care. Our goal is to drive strong organic growth. We focus on growth markets, sustainability trends, and digital business models in consumer markets.
Texapon® SFA
Texapon® SFA is a very mild, innovative and sustainable anionic surfactant. It is 99% derived from renewable feedstocks, certified as sustainable according to the RSPO mass balance standard, readily biodegradable and suitable as an alternative to sulfate-based surfactants. The product is extremely gentle on the skin and eyes, making it especially suitable for delicate baby skin and formulas for tear-free shampoo products. When added to polymer-free shampoo formulations, for example, Texapon® SFA makes it easier to comb hair. It has also been proven to reinforce the beneficial effect of formulations with cationic polymers. BASF aims to achieve annual sales of over €20 million with this product.
Sales
€8,066 million
2021: €6,442 million
EBIT before special items
€618 million
2021: €497 million
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Products |
Customer industries and applications |
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Care Chemicals |
Ingredients for skin and hair cleansing and care products, such as emollients, cosmetic active ingredients, polymers and UV filters Solutions and ingredients for detergents and cleaners in household, institutions or industry, such as surfactants, enzymes, chelating agents, water-soluble polymers, biocides and products for optical effects Chemical ingredients and processing additives, for example for crop protection, excipients for chemical processes such as emulsion polymerization, metal surface treatments or textile processing, as well as products for concrete additives, biofuels and other industrial applications |
Cosmetics, detergent and cleaner industry, agrochemical industry, technical applications for various industries |
Nutrition & Health |
Additives for the food and feed industries, such as vitamins, carotenoids, sterols, enzymes, emulsifiers, omega-3 fatty acids Industrial enzymes for bioethanol and food production, natural and synthetic flavors and fragrances, such as citral, geraniol, citronellol, Excipients for the pharmaceutical industry and selected, high-volume active pharmaceutical ingredients, such as ibuprofen and omega-3 fatty acids |
Food and feed industries, flavor and fragrance industry, pharmaceutical industry and bioethanol industry |
Product |
Europe |
North America |
Asia Pacific |
South America, Africa, Middle East |
Annual capacity (metric tons) |
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Anionic surfactants |
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550,000 |
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Citral |
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78,000 |
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Chelating agents |
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170,000 |
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Methane sulfonic acid |
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50,000 |
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Nonionic surfactants |
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650,000 |
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