- New agreement expands Brenntag’s Beauty & Personal Care portfolio in the U.S. market, providing access to Cassava Pharma’s clean label, U.S.-sourced tapioca solutions for multipurpose applications
Brenntag, the global market leader in chemicals and ingredients distribution, announced today it has signed a strategic distribution agreement with Cassava Pharma across the American Personal Care market. Through this exclusive agreement, Brenntag customers in the U.S. will now have access to Cassava Pharma’s patented tapioca starch technology. For the end consumer, the technology delivers a smooth, silky skin feel while helping control oil and shine, creating lighter, more elegant formulations with a natural origin story.
The agreement expands Brenntag's Beauty & Personal Care portfolio in the American market, providing customers with access to Cassava Pharma's high-quality and versatile ingredients with broad formulation functionality, enhanced supply security, and technical support for product selection and application development. Cassava Pharma is recognized for its vertically integrated tapioca (cassava) supply chain, consistent product quality, and focus on sustainable, plant-based starch solutions that support clean-label and renewable material trends.
The agreement expands Brenntag's Beauty & Personal Care portfolio in the American market, providing customers with access to Cassava Pharma's high-quality and versatile ingredients with broad formulation functionality, enhanced supply security, and technical support for product selection and application development. Cassava Pharma is recognized for its vertically integrated tapioca (cassava) supply chain, consistent product quality, and focus on sustainable, plant-based starch solutions that support clean-label and renewable material trends.
Maia Navarrete, Senior Director Beauty & Care for Brenntag Specialties North America, commented: “Cassava Pharma's patented, differentiated tapioca starch technology is an exciting addition to Brenntag's Beauty & Personal Care portfolio, further strengthening our position in sustainable, high-performance sensory powders. This partnership expands our ability to offer innovative, naturally derived solutions to customers across the American market, supporting applications ranging from deodorants and dry shampoos to skincare and color cosmetics. We are proud to represent Cassava Pharma in this market and look forward to helping brands leverage these unique ingredients to develop the next generation of clean, effective and high-performing beauty products.”
“The partnership is built on strong foundation between a global leader in personal care ingredients distribution and a specialty ingredient manufacturer, with unique purpose to deliver quality and high-performance ingredients to the personal care industry, and recognizing the boundless growth and opportunities for the application of patented technologies,” added Patrick Okoye, Cassava Pharma Founder and CEO.
“The partnership is built on strong foundation between a global leader in personal care ingredients distribution and a specialty ingredient manufacturer, with unique purpose to deliver quality and high-performance ingredients to the personal care industry, and recognizing the boundless growth and opportunities for the application of patented technologies,” added Patrick Okoye, Cassava Pharma Founder and CEO.
About Cassava Pharma:
Cassava Pharma produces high-quality patented specialty cassava [tapioca] starch for pharma, cosmetic, food, veterinary and nutritional applications worldwide. Cassava Pharma’s patented tapioca starch technology provides unique platforms of clean label tapioca ingredients that are vegan, gluten-free, non-GMO, natural, allergen-free for multipurpose applications, including color cosmetic and skincare. For more information, visit www.cassavapharma.com.
