Aroma Ingredients

Sustainable solutions for the Flavor & Fragrance industry

The Flavor & Fragrance industry has a growing need for sustainable products with excellent regulatory profile, improved price performance ratios and unique olfactive profiles.

As a leading supplier of flavor and fragrance ingredients, we take our commitment to creating a sustainable future seriously. By pursuing ambitious targets, we also enable you to reach your sustainability goals.

In everything we do, we ensure that each drop of our products is full of sustainability.

The sustainability challenges for the flavor and fragrance industry are clear. Having set our priorities accordingly we want to empower you to make a difference for a more sustainable future.

Reducing CO₂ emissions

Increasing the share of renewable ingredients

Providing biodegradable fragrance ingredients

Developing fragrance ingredients with excellent regulatory profile

Reducing CO₂ Emissions

We are transparent about our Product Carbon Footprints (PCFs): As first large chemical company we have classified aroma ingredients according to a clearly defined PCF scoring system which ranges from A to F. The majority of our products fall into PCF range A with emissions below 15 kg CO2e/kg and we communicate the exact PCF value of our products to customers.

Working together with our partners along the value chain, we offer options with even further reduced PCF values – find out more and benefit from high-quality primary data!

Increasing the share of renewable ingredients

For many synthetic fragrance ingredients, there is no renewable alternative. Our portfolio is different: Almost all of our synthetic fragrance ingredients are available with renewable raw materials in the value chain - with BASF's biomass balance approach (BMBcert^TM). With BASF's biomass balance approach, renewable raw materials are used as feedstock right at the beginning of the production network. The amount of biobased raw material is then allocated to the individual fragrance ingredients using a third-party verified certification method. The certified products thus reduce greenhouse gas emissions and conserve fossil resources.

Click here to learn more about BASF's biomass balance approach and our BMBcert^TMportfolio.

Providing biodegradable fragrance ingredients

All our available BASF fragrance ingredients are biodegradable according to OECD guidelines. In this way, we support our customers in using ingredients that do not remain in the environment. We will continue on this path with our new ingredients and thereby contribute to a more sustainable future in the industry.

Learn more about our biodegradability approach on our Virtual Aroma Assistant.

Developing fragrance ingredients with excellent regulatory profile

Our research and development initiatives prioritize creating new fragrance ingredients with an excellent olfactory performance that also meet high regulatory standards. We invest significant effort in thoroughly testing and screening our future portfolio for toxicity and environmental impact at a very early stage in the development. One such example is Velberry^TM, a versatile and fruity-fresh fragrance ingredient that has an excellent toxicological and ecotoxicological profile that also meets newest regulatory standards.

Get more information about Velberry^TM on our Virtual Aroma Assistants.

Our Biomass Balance Certified Products

Citrus

Citral FG BMBcert™Material Number: 30787698
Citral N BMBcert™Material Number: 30787697
Citronellal BMBcert™Material Number: 30786642
Citronellylnitrile BMBcert™Material Number: 30786799

Lemon juice tree branch fresh yellow garden green, water droplet, lemon.

Lavender

Linalool BMBcert™Material Number: 30786546
Linalyl Acetate BMBcert™Material Number: 30786718
Tetrahydrolinalool BMBcert™Material Number: 30786547

Mint

L-Menthol FCC BMBcert™Material Number: 30775033
L-Menthol flakes FCC BMBcert™Material Number: 30775034

Muguet

Hydroxycitronellal BMBcert™Material Number: 30786644
Pyranol BMBcert™Material Number: 30770688

Lily of the valley with water drops in green leaves.

Rose

Citronellyl Acetate BMBcert™Material Number: 30786719
Geraniol 60 BMBcert™Material Number: 30770690
Geraniol Extra BMBcert™Material Number: 30770691
Geranyl Acetate Extra BMBcert™Material Number: 30786721
Rose Oxide 90 BMBcert™Material Number: 30785436
Tethydrogeraniol BMBcert™Material Number: 30786715

Selected Sensations

beta-Ionone R BMBcert™Material Number: 30785404
Methylionone 70 BMBcert™Material Number: 30785403
Prenyl Acetate BMBcert™Material Number: 30786722
Velberry BMBcert™Material Number: 30792105

Meadow flowers bouquet in mug on dewy grass.

We create chemistry for a sustainable future

BASF’s sustainability commitments cover every part of our value chain. Climate change is the biggest challenge of our time, we thus aim to achieve net zero CO₂ emissions by 2050. With our Circular Economy program, we aim to decouple growth from resource consumption.

Learn more about BASF’s sustainability approach

BASF Production Verbund: World Champion in Efficiency

The Verbund idea helps BASF to handle resources more efficiently and generate competitive advantages. Production facilities, energy flow, logistics and infrastructure are networked together intelligently in the Verbund. In this system, chemical processes can run in a resource-efficient way with lower energy consumption and higher yields.

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