Essential Ingredients is a chemical distribution company. Based in Lawrenceville, Ga., the company offers a range of personal care and pharmaceutical products, including colors, conditioners, exfoliants, fragrances, preservatives and silicones. It also provides a variety of surfactants like amphoteric, anionic, blends, cationic and nonionic. Essential Ingredients supplies numerous home care and industrial products, such as color care additives, defoamers, polymers, rheology modifiers and emulsifiers. The company is a member of the National Association of Chemical Distributors (NACD).