# Biosynthetic theobromine

Contract manufacturing (CMO/CDMO/toll) — Theobromine (3,7-dimethylxanthine) — cocoa's signature xanthine alkaloid — is today extracted from cocoa-processing by-products and produced as a methylxanthine API, while precision-fermentation and deforestation-free molecular synthesis are emerging under pressure from the EU Deforestation Regulation…

Source: https://en.bioecon.ru/market/contract-manufacturing/biosynthetic-theobromine/