Evonik’s functional cosmetic ingredients portfolio is designed to help beauty and personal care brands deliver superior performance and sustainability. Our innovative range includes high-quality emulsifiers, sensory enhancers, and multifunctional actives that support skin care, hair care, sun care, and color cosmetics. Backed by advanced technologies and a commitment to eco-conscious solutions, we partner with you to create formulations that meet consumer demands for efficacy, safety, and environmental responsibility.
Discover how Evonik’s expertise in functional cosmetic ingredients can turn your ideas into products that stand out in a competitive market.
Our Functional Ingredients Portfolio
Evonik offers a comprehensive portfolio of emulsifiers backed by advanced emulsification capabilities. Our broad range addresses diverse formulation needs, from low- to high-viscosity systems. We provide both natural-origin emulsifiers and silicone-based solutions, designed to deliver stable, high-performance formulations with outstanding sensory properties - whether you require O/W or W/O emulsions
Evonik offers a broad portfolio of emollients to deliver superior skin feel and moisturization for skin care, cleansing, sun care, and color cosmetic formulations. At the heart of our portfolio are our enzymatically manufactured EcoCare emollients, delivering exceptional versatile performance and enabling the creation of eco-conscious formulations. The EcoCare emollients complement our range of hydrophilic, lipophilic and waxy emollients.
Sustainable Enzymatic Emollients
Maximum Care, Minimum Footprint
The urgent need for climate action and the trend towards more sustainable skin care products is transforming the way cosmetic ingredients are being manufactured. Enzymatic catalysis as a biotechnological process offers a path to improve the ecological profile for a specific formulation.
Our innovative sensory additives provide a smooth, pleasant sensory experience. Our film formers create long-lasting, water-resistant films that enhance wear. From sun care to color cosmetics and skin care, Evonik combines high performance with sustainability - offering bio-based, biodegradable options.
Produced via fermentation from renewable feedstocks, Evonik’s glycolipid biosurfactants offer a gentle, eco-friendly alternative to traditional surfactants - delivering mild cleansing, skin compatibility, and sustainability for beauty and personal care formulations.
From sustainable ester quats and natural-based solutions to advanced silicone technologies, Evonik offers a comprehensive range of conditioning agents to deliver superior softness, moisture retention and sensory appeal for hair and skin formulations.
For hydrophobic and hydrophilic surfactant systems, as well as oil structuring solutions, Evonik offers a versatile portfolio of thickening agents to enhance viscosity, texture and sensory appeal in cleansing and other personal care formulations.
Sustainable, PEG-free solubilizers that enable crystal-clear, stable formulations by efficiently incorporating oils, fragrances, and lipophilic actives into water-based beauty and personal care products.
For luxurious pearlescent shine or rich, creamy opacity for shampoos, shower gels, and conditioners, Evonik’s pearlizers and opacifiers enable aesthetically appealing, sustainable formulations.
