date:Jul 05, 2012
application where a fresh mint flavour is needed, particularly in products such as chewing gum and confectionery mints.
Symrise expansion
BASFs new plant comes soon after rival Symrise upped its L-menthol production with a 16 million expansion to its Holzminden plant, also in Germany.
Symrise has said that the expansion will allow it to double its production volumes.
Norbert Richter, head of the global business unit for molecules at Symrise previously said that Symrise servedabout 30% of wor