| Category | Mass Skincare |
| Founded | 1846 |
| Headquarters | New Jersey, USA |
| Listing | Not separately listed; parent Unilever is listed in London and Amsterdam (ULVR.L / UNA.AS) |
| Latest revenue | Group FY2025 turnover EUR 50.5bn, net profit EUR 6.2bn |
| Hero SKUs | Rice Cleansing Milk |
Brand History
Pond's dates to 1846, when American pharmacist Theron T. Pond extracted a witch-hazel-based remedy sold as Pond's Extract; it later evolved into cold cream and cleansing products and became one of America's defining mass skincare brands. Unilever brought it in-house through the 1987 Chesebrough-Pond's acquisition and turned it into an affordable, widely distributed mass brand in Asia.
In China the brand was effectively rebuilt. After years of cold cream and whitening ranges, it pivoted to amino-acid cleansing around 2018, relaunching the Rice Cleansing Milk at RMB 30-40 with a rice-extract concept and Japanese-style visuals to reach younger shoppers; it is now the brand's largest SKU in China. Unilever's FY2025 turnover was EUR 50.5bn, and Pond's remains one of its 30 Power Brands — a scale business rather than a premium one.
Hero Products
Three-Year Financials
| Year | Revenue (EUR bn) | YoY | Net profit (EUR bn) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 59.6 | -0.7% | 6.49 |
| 2024 | 60.8 | +1.9% | 5.74 |
| 2025 | 50.5 | -3.8% | 6.20 |
Brand-level：Unilever does not disclose Pond's revenue. The brand sits in the group's 30 Power Brands, which generate 78% of turnover; Beauty & Wellbeing turnover was EUR 12.8bn in 2025.
Source：Unilever 2025 full year results; group Power Brands list
Company Coverage
- 2026-02Group turnover EUR 50.5bn
Unilever completed the ice-cream demerger, posting EUR 50.5bn turnover with Beauty & Wellbeing at EUR 12.8bn.
Source：Unilever FY2025 results - 2025-12Pond's stays in the Power Brands
The group concentrated resources behind 30 brands; Pond's inclusion implies continued media and distribution support.
Source：Unilever investor material - 2025-05Price war in mass cleansing
The RMB 30-50 band is squeezed by both domestic brands and unbranded players.
Source：Trade media
Editor's note: Pond's is an old brand that has been reinvented. Rather than selling its history in China, it turned the Rice Cleansing Milk into a RMB 39 ingredient story — rare flexibility for a foreign mass brand. It is also the most replaceable: if domestic players push amino-acid cleansers to RMB 29, Pond's has only distribution density and Unilever's supply chain left to play.