INGREDIENTS FOR GOOD, NATURALLY

TRANSPARENCY IS OUR COMMITMENT

Pioneering extraordinary ingredients sustainably is at the heart of our innovation approach. Positive impact is the cornerstone of how we apply science to imagine the future.
Our EcoIngredient Compass is designed to share the intrinsic values of Firmenich iconic molecule portfolio. Inspired by the EcoScent Compass™ for fragrance compositions, EcoIngredient Compass in turn, offers a clear evaluation of the green chemistry properties of our ingredients.

RENEWABLE CARBON
BIODEGRADABILITY
GREEN CHEMISTRY SCORE

Ingredients that contain more than 50% carbon from renewable sources.
Green Chemistry principle 7

ISO 16128
Diluted ingredient: value of the dilution.

100% RC

>50% RC

Ingredients that are biodegradable

Readily (≥60% within 28 days AND from 10 to 60% within 10 days).
Ultimately (≥60% within 60 days),
Partially (20 to 60% within 60 days).

Green Chemistry principle 10
Biodegradation is assessed in lab tests following OECD guidelines.
Diluted ingredient: value of the pure ingredient.

Readily

Ultimately

Partially

A ratio that covers most of the remaining Green Chemistry Principles in
addition to Renewable ingredient and Biodegradability.

Regroups the measure of:
Carbon atom economy, Green Chemistry principles 2 & 8
Importance of catalysis steps, Green Chemistry principle 9
Hazardousness, covering all aspects of manufacturing processes. Green
Chemistry principles 3, 4, 5 & 12

Developed by Firmenich.
Diluted ingredient: value of the pure ingredient.

>70%

50% - 70%

FROM PIONEER TO LEADER IN

SUPERCRITICAL FLUID EXTRACTION

THE BROADEST & FINEST PALETTE OF SFE

Did you know that Firmenich has been a pioneer in Supercritical Fluid Extraction (SFE) technology for 30 years?

This advanced, safe and sustainable process enables us to obtain the exact, vibrant notes we want from a broad range of natural raw materials, from flowers, nuts and spices to coffee, tea and woods, meeting growing consumer demand for authentic, natural taste and scent experiences:

FIRMENICH INGREDIENTS

SHARING INNOVATION PERFUMERY 2020

A TREASURE CHEST OF EXCEPTIONAL INGREDIENTS

This year, we share two of our most renowned captives, our iconic Cascalone^®, a pure watery signature, and Salicynile^®, a white floral ingredient essential to home care applications. From our natural sandalwood specialties, we bring you our newest, captive white biotech ingredient Dreamwood™, which provides the olfactive warmth of iconic Mysore sandalwood with demonstrated cosmetic benefits. As the undisputed leader in true-to-nature Supercritical Fluid Extraction, we also present two, fully facetted natural ingredients: Tea Jasmine SFE and Elemi SFE.

PODCAST
Listen to Wessel-Jan Kos, our Principal Perfumer, as he speaks
about the new collection.

INGREDIENT HIGHLIGHT

MONK FRUIT EXTRACTS

TRUST & TRANSPARENCY

Building on our exclusive partnership with Layn, we propose a complete range of high quality monk fruit extracts. Natural low-calorie sweeteners derived from fruit bringing a clean sugary taste to your food and beverages.

For more info, download the marketing cards.

PHYSEOL

CAS # 0068845-00-1

An elegant woody powdery note that provides depth and warmth in fragrances, enhancing the ambery and orris facets.
Vetiver notes are magnified, and warmth is designed as more leathery.

For more info, download the marketing card.

FRUCTALATE®

A bright fruity, raspberry apple note which provides incredible volume to perfume compositions.

For more info, download the marketing card.

DELIVERING A LEGACY OF LEADERSHIP

IN AUTHENTIC CITRUS

For more than 75 years, Firmenich has advanced its citrus tonality expertise through continued exploration, technological innovation and dedicated craftsmanship.

Our co-innovation partnerships with fruits producers and processors provide differentiating knowledge and raw materials that translate into the most comprehensive creative palette for perfumers and flavorists.

TETRAROME^®
CITRONOVA^®
AND MORE

TETRAROME^® is a proprietary process that yields a range of citrus extracts with unique analytical and organoleptic profiles, incredible freshness and long-lastingness to compositions, and desirable gourmand characteristics.

CITRONOVA^® is a distillation process proprietary, which decreases the amount of Limonene in the extract, enabling a unique range of citrus ingredients. Available in Orange, Lemon, Lime, Tangerine and Green Mandarine, our CITRONOVA® range is popular with flavorists because its composition is very close to the original citrus oil and is also ultra cost-effective.

Firmenich also produces the highest standard of folded, colorless ingredients and fractions suitable for both common and highly specific applications. Cold-pressed and essential oils are efficiently processed to yield the most effective cost-in-use ingredients for any Fragrance & Flavor application.

FIRMENICH INGREDIENTS

Sharing innovation Flavor 2020

INSPIRING THE FLAVOR INDUSTRY

At the occasion of Food Ingredients Europe in Paris, France, December 3-5, we will unveil our Sharing Innovation Flavor Ingredients 2020.

With this unique collection we share our legacy and “savoir-faire” in citrus and Supercritical CO₂ extraction method, offering endless source of inspiration and solution for clean label creations.

ORANGE SESQUITERPENELESS FAB
ORANGE OIL 40X DECOL FAB
LEMON CITRONOVA^® 16X FAB
GREEN MANDARINE CITRONOVA^® FAB
LEMON TETRAROME^® FAB
TEA WHITE CHINA SFE
TEA GREEN ORGANIC SFE
PEANUT SFE
OAKWOOD CHIPS SFE

Peely, sweet, woody.
ORANGE SESQUITERPENELESS FAB contributes that sweet, fresh, peely-aldehydic middle body of orange often lost in juice processing.

Floral, citrus, animal.
ORANGE OIL 40X DECOL FAB adds a fruity, zesty, brightness reminiscent of freshly picked sweet oranges.

With citrus, fruity, aldehydic notes, LEMON CITRONOVA^® 16X FAB offers a natural peely effect.

GREEN MANDARINE CITRONOVA^® FAB adds juicy green notes with aldehydic facets.

LEMON TETRAROME^® FAB displays sweet notes with slight candy and peely facets.

This WHITE TEA extract captures the floral-fresh, green and fruity-citrus notes of this most delicate and subtle of teas.
Organically grown GREEN TEA is extracted with utmost care to restitute its full natural complexity, with notes that range from green to herbal-dry, straw and cereal.

This PEANUT extract has an extraordinarily indulgent, roasted, nutty profile.

Woody, phenolic, smoky, this extract of OAK CHIPS obtained during the process of barrels crafting brings a unique character to creation in the Alcoholic Drinks flavors and brown notes.
The aromatic and extremely well balanced profile offers a breakthrough flavor enhancer.

RESPONSIBLE AND INNOVATIVE PARTNERSHIP

EXCELLENCE IN MINT

Thanks to its recent joint venture with Essex Laboratories, Firmenich now offers the richest Mint portfolio in the industry, with unparalleled global sourcing, and a fully traceable and sustainable value chain.

RICHEST MINT
PORTFOLIO
UNPARALLELLED GLOBAL
SOURCING
LEADING SUSTAINABILITY
& TRACEABILITY
MINT BREEDING
BENEFITS

Built on a unique natural breeding program, our unparalleled portfolio of Mint tonalities enables us to design bespoke essential oils, flavors, and fragrances that are both captivating and cost-effective.

With access to a network of the best growers in the world, Firmenich offers increased production capacities in blending, purification, and fractional distillation of Mint essential oils.

Nature is both our greatest inspiration and the source of our most precious ingredients. That’s why we are committed to providing the most sustainable and traceable Mint in the industry.

Through our natural breeding program, we are constantly developing new, disease-resistant Mint varieties to expand our range of cost-effective and exclusive tonalities, in a sustainable and fully traceable way.

BEHIND THE SCENES

DISCOVER OUR PROCESSES

Naturome

Green Chemistry

White Biotechnology

Super Critical Fluid Extraction

Solvent Extraction

NATUREPRINT^®

MOLECULAR DISTILLATION

FIRMENICH INGREDIENTS

Catalogues

DREAMWOOD™

NEWEST WHITE BIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION

DREAMWOOD™
OFFERS OLFACTIVE AND COSMETIC BENEFITS

Inspired by the iconic Mysore sandalwood, a mystical signature with creamy olfactive warmth and cosmetic benefits demonstrated through rigorous laboratory testing*.

100% Natural
100% Renewable carbon
Ultimately biodegradable

A cornerstone of sustainable innovation, opening new creative territories with the full benefit of responsible business, in one ingredient, for good!

*laboratory tests, patent-pending