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Aroma Ingredients
Our promise: Safe and regulatory compliant products
We continuously improve our portfolio even beyond legislative and regulatory compliance – to guarantee safe aroma ingredients for humans and the environment in the future regulatory world.
In everything we do, we ensure that each drop of our products is full of expertise.
With rapidly changing and increasingly strict regulatory requirements in the fragrance and flavor industry, BASF is dedicated to not only meet but also exceed future regulatory standards. We do this through:
- Consultations with country specific experts in over 70 countries who understand local requirements;
- Proactively testing and screening our product portfolio beyond standard tests;
- Shaping thoughtleadership by actively participating in industry associations;
- Using state-of-the-art toxicology and ecotoxicology testing in our in-house laboratories for registration and research;
- Ensuring high-quality aroma ingredients through continuous advancement and improvement of our quality management methods
- Employing our Safe-by-Design approach in developing new fragrance ingredients that are future-ready, able to meet the challenges of an evolving market and regulatory environment.
Read more about each area of expertise in the sections below.
Introducing BASF’s Future‑Proof-Palette, built on Safe-by-Design principles
In a world where consumer expectations, regulatory landscapes, and sustainability standards evolve faster than ever, fragrance creators need ingredients that remain reliable long‑term.
BASF´s Future‑Proof-Palette has been developed exactly for this purpose. It is based on:
Outstanding Global Regulatory and Product Stewardship Expertise
Regulatory expertise and Product Stewardship are key to promote safe and sustainable use of products around the world! With our country specific experts in over 70 countries, we have a global network of specalists with in depth regulatory and product knowledge. This set up enables us to monitor changes in existing legislations, screen for upcoming new laws and proactively track new trends to be always up to date with the regulatory challenges worldwide. With a close, sustained dialogue and working relationships with suppliers and customers we support a safe management of our products throughout their life cycle.
Safety is always our priority – we stand for products with excellent regulatory profile*
It is our priority to thoroughly test and screen our existing and future portfolio to ensure that our products are safe for human health and the environment. Beyond standard testing, we proactively develop and apply tailor-made testing strategies to deliver only the best products. Our research and development initiatives prioritize creating safe and sustainable new fragrance ingredients with an excellent olfactory performance that already fulfill future regulatory requirements. Our products are bio-inspired from nature and we support the sustainable development by prioritizing only biodegradable products according to OECD guidelines and IFRA guidance.
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Thought and action leader in F&F industry associations
We are a thought and action leader in the Flavor & Fragrance industry regarding upcoming new regulations, e.g. the EU Commission’s Green Deal and Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability (CSS). We are committed to the industry, we share our scientific expertise, engage in global regulatory developments and in many cases lead CSS relevant initiatives in respective industry associations (The International Fragrance Association, European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC), Research Institute of Fragrance Materials (RIFM). We are already preparing our product portfolio and newly developed products for these upcoming changes of future regulatory requirements.
Scientific expertise combined with unique inhouse (eco)toxicity testing facilities
In order to assess the regulatory profile of our products, our experts conduct state-of-the-art toxicology and ecotoxicology testing in our inhouse laboratories for registration and research purposes. In addition to applying rigorous existing testing protocols, we work to develop and validate new methods to improve the quality and reliability of our testing strategies. And beyond standard requirements, we explore mechanisms of toxicity on a molecular level. We are also dedicated to animal welfare and actively promote research to advance the use of alternative, animal-free methods such as the in vitro skin sensitization (OECD 422E).
High-quality Aroma Ingredients
With our outstanding Quality Management, we continuously develop and strategically implement quality standards for our products that continually further evolve our quality assurance and quality control. Our products are safe for humans and the environment, strictly following quality requirements set out in various national laws and customer standards(e.g., ISO 9001, where applicable: food safety laws and certification like ISO 22000 or FSSC 22000). We have a Global Quality Policy which is based on ISO 9001, many products also comply with the goals of our Food Safety Policy including Food Defense and Food Safety Culture demands. Where product changes may be required, we follow appropriate policies to manage required changes and proactively inform customers if product specifications might be affected.
Safe-by-Design
Safe-by-Design (SbD) is an engineering and product development concept that means anticipating and addressing potential safety and environmental issues at the earliest stages of innovation. By doing so, companies can reduce delays and surprises in bringing new products to market, since any “red flag” issues (like substances of concern / very high concern or persistent substances) are detected early in the process.
BASF Aroma Ingredients uses SbD principles to ensure new fragrance ingredients are future‑proof. Human and environmental health endpoint checks are integrated from the earliest design stage, supported by in‑silico screening, targeted in‑vitro/NAM tests, and full regulatory validation. This process filters out unsuitable candidates early and delivers ingredients with excellent toxicological and environmental profiles.
The result: high‑performing, fragrance ingredients that give perfumers creative freedom without regulatory risk.
Read about our comprehensive framework and Future-Proof-Palette here
* No risk resulting from the following classification as Substances of Very High Concern (SVHCs) and Most harmful Substances (MhS) according to the definition layed out within the EU Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability based on all available data.
