Biosynthetic menthol
L-menthol supply in 2026 is defined by capacity expansion on the traditional routes — while separate fermentation-based biosynthetic production remains at the academic/patent stage without a confirmed commercial producer.
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Technology
Biosynthetic menthol — Evidence, registration route, funding and suppliers are on the technology page.
L-menthol supply in 2026 is dominated by conventional routes under active capacity expansion — BASF's triple-digit-million-euro world-scale menthol/linalool plant at Ludwigshafen (Apr 2026) and Symrise's 50-year synthetic-menthol franchise in the EU, alongside NMPA-licensed API extraction (Huangshan …
Links
- Import and registration route
- SERV — — (operator: Rosprirodnadzor, Rostechnadzor)
- Capabilities
- Contract manufacturing (CMO/CDMO) · Synthesis & conversion · Fermentation & cultivation · Formulation & blending
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