Behind the Science
Quality ingredients powering innovation and business growth
Quality ingredients powering innovation and business growth
Discover how our quality ingredients, innovative applications and scientific expertise can provide the insights and end-to-end solutions to power your business.
At Croda, science is more than a capability, it's the foundation of how we help our partners and customers succeed. Behind the Science brings together expertise, innovation and collaboration that powers our customers’ growth across markets, applications and technologies.
Through high-quality ingredients, pioneering research and a commitment to sustainable innovation, we provide the insights and end-to-end solutions that help brands transform ideas into impactful products that resonate with consumers and drive growth.
Who we are
Croda is a specialty chemicals company that creates high performance ingredients and solutions principally for Consumer Care and Life Sciences markets. Established 100 years ago in 1925 and headquartered in the UK, Croda is a FTSE 100 company with over 5,800 employees across 94 locations in 36 countries. Revenues in 2024 were £1.6bn.
As the name behind some of the world’s most successful brands, we combine our knowledge, passion and entrepreneurial spirit to develop and supply innovative ingredients relied on by industries and consumers around the world. Our smart science is found in products that touch our lives every day from sun protection to life-saving pharmaceuticals and formulations that enhance crop yields.
With a shared Purpose to use Smart science to improve lives™, and with around two thirds of its organic raw materials already from bio-based sources, Croda has committed to be the most sustainable supplier of innovative ingredients, becoming Climate, Land and People Positive by 2030 while providing solutions to some of the world’s biggest challenges.
What we do
Across Life Sciences and Consumer Care, we develop and deliver high-quality ingredients and technologies supported by:
Scientific expertise: Our global network of scientists and application specialists work side by side with customers to develop formulations, validate performance and accelerate innovation.
High-quality, high-performance ingredients: From actives and excipients to delivery systems and functional materials, our portfolio is built on rigour, reliability and deep technical understanding.
End-to-end support: We don’t just supply ingredients direct to customers, we provide formulation guidance, regulatory support, market insights and commercial collaboration to help customers bring winning products to market faster.
Sustainable innovation: We leverage renewable raw materials, sustainable solutions and responsible manufacturing to reduce environmental impact while enhancing product performance.
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Your ingredients partner powering health innovation
Stephen Oxley
Chief Financial Officer
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