Factbook

Nutrition & Care

The Nutrition & Care segment consists of the Care Chemicals and the Nutrition & Health divisions. It serves the growing demands of food and feed producers and of the pharmaceutical, cosmetics, detergent and cleaner industries. We leverage the BASF Verbund to offer innovative products, combining performance with beneficial sustainability profiles. We strive to expand our position as a leading provider of essential ingredients in the areas of nutrition, home and personal care, as well as for technical applications, mainly through organic growth based on global production capacities. We are focused on markets with long-term growth potential.

Divisions

Care Chemicals

Ingredients for the cosmetics, detergents and cleaning industries, agrochemical and technical applications

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Nutrition & Health

Products for the food and feed, flavor and fragrance as well as pharmaceutical industries

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Sales 2025

Sales by division

Sales by region

By location of customer

Diagram: Sales by division - Nutrition & Care

Diagram: Sales by region - Nutrition & Care

Factors influencing sales

EBITDA before special items

Segment data Nutrition & Care

Million €	2025	2024	2023	2022	2021
Sales to third parties	6,509	6,729	6,858	8,066	6,442
Share of total BASF sales (%)	10.9	11.0	10.0	9.2	8.2
of which Care Chemicals	4,765	4,751	4,721	5,619	4,439
Nutrition & Health	1,744	1,978	2,137	2,447	2,003
EBITDA before special items	649	814	565	1,067	909
EBITDA margin before special items (%)	10.0	12.1	8.2	13.2	14.1
EBITDA	630	819	578	1,055	967
EBITDA margin (%)	9.7	12.2	8.4	13.1	15.0
Income from operations (EBIT) before special items	133	273	107	618	497
Income from operations (EBIT)	76	220	119	605	554
Segment cash flow	–67	-31	503	–99	–

Last UpdateMay 28, 2026