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 as well as the increasingly sophisticated demands of fast-moving consumer goods. We also offer solutions for technical applications, for example. We strive to expand our position as a leading provider of ingredients for consumer goods in the areas of nutrition, home and personal care through organic growth. We focus on growth markets, with a special focus on more sustainable products and digital business models in consumer markets.
Two new active ingredients from one process
Probiolift™ and Postbiolift™ are two new biotic ingredients from BASF’s personal care business area that support healthy skin aging. Unlike other biotics existing on the cosmetic market, the newly developed ingredients are the first to use a bacterium that is found naturally in the skin: Lactobacillus crispatus. One gram of Probiolift™ contains over 1 million useful bacteria. The result is a product that improves skin elasticity and reduces the appearance of wrinkles around the eyes. BASF uses an energy-efficient and more sustainable fermentation process and produces both active ingredients using an innovative process without waste.
Sales
€6,858 million
2022: €8,066 million
Segment cash flow
€503 million
2022: -€99 million
EBIT before special items
€107 million
2022: €618 million
EBITDA before special items
€565 million
2022: €1,067 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 for household, institutional or industry use, 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 treatment and 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, L-menthol and linalool, Isobionics® Santalol, valencene and nootkatone 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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