Essential Ingredients is a nationwide distributor of raw materials used to manufacture personal care, household and industrial products. Essential Ingredients contributes to the success of its customers by meeting their needs for technical sales support, exceptional customer service, superior products, timely delivery of raw materials, and innovation. In 2017, Forbes magazine recognized the company as one of its Small Giants: America’s Best Small Companies. Essential Ingredients is a 100% employee owned business following the implementation of an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) in 2011. The company invests in and depends on our employee owners who in turn care about our company and the customers and supplier partners we serve. Essential Ingredients is a member of the National Association of Chemical Distributors (NACD) and the Natural Products Association (NPA)