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FERMENTATION
Leader in Biotechnology
20+ years of expertise in Biotechnology serving the fragrance and flavour industry.
Defining Biotechnology: Harnessing cellular and biomolecular processes to develop technologies and products that help improve our lives and the health of our planet.
It relies for instance on the use of a micro-organism such as baker yeast to produce a useful chemical substance by fermentation. Another example is the use of enzymes acting as industrial biocatalysts to either produce valuable chemicals or destroy hazardous substances.
Our extensive expertise in Biotechnology enables us to use sustainable sugar fermentation, bio-conversion techniques and advanced distillation to create high quality ingredients from renewable carbon – all of them affordable, readily available and sustainable.
Biotechnology tends to consume less in resources than traditional processes.
Green process for positive science
Biotechnology is one of the greenest processes that exists today.
Today’s conscious consumers are searching for positive and sustainable solutions: Biotechnology is a process answering customers and consumers’ sustainability needs while providing consistency in product quality, in line with their requirements.
The olfactive profiles are usually extremely sharp, controlled and perfectly monitored.
Sustainable – Affordable – High-performance
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Natural feedstock carbon
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Produces 100% carbon renewable material
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Less resource and energy consumption, reduced CO2 emissions
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Supply reliability and cost efficiency
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Consistency in product quality
“Consumers are looking for renewable, sustainable solutions. Ingredients produced via biotech are one way of doing that. ”
Sarah Reisinger
CHIEF RESEARCH OFFICER
First-born ingredient from Biotechnology: Clearwood®
Created in 2014 from Biotechnology, Clearwood® delivers all the rewards of modern ingredient design. Beaming with light, it offers the creamy warmth of amber and a dark woody character reminiscent of patchouli. Clearwood® is a truly inspiring ingredient made possible by the genius of science and rendered unforgettable by the perfumers’ intuition.
Clearwood® allows perfumers to better meet consumer demands as it fits long term sustainable development with a responsibly sourced sugarcane and an industrial biotech approach which tends to consume less resource than traditional processes and often uses renewable carbon sources.
"Clearwood® is a radiant versatile woody note. It delivers a clean patchouli like scent and provides lasting to the composition. Never too loud, never too obvious, Clearwood® has a lot of presence yet it brings an elegant and distinctive signature."
Adlen MOUMENE
SENIOR PERFUMER
Best in-class ingredients made from Biotechnology
2020
DREAMWOOD™
Our newest Biotechnology innovation, DREAMWOOD™ is the successful result of our deep understanding of natural product pathways, our advances in computing power and our expertise in purification.
This captive has been designed to open-up new creative applications and allow natural formulation with a high sustainability profile. For Ingredients customers we offer SANDALWOOD OIL TYPE NAT, a 100% natural specialty created around DREAMWOOD™, that delivers all the rewards of a modern ingredient.
2018
Z11
Dry, woody and ambery notes, with a strong trigeminal effect, this chemical structure is close to AMBROX®. Its dryness, tenacity and sleek elegance call to mind a precious wood rimmed in shining metal. Unforgiving strength, designed for pure performance.
Z11 emotionally empowers the signature of a perfume. The process combines Biotechnology and Green Chemistry, resulting in a renewable ingredient that ensures stable quality, reliable supply and with unlimited availability.
2016
AMBROX® SUPER
Amber is a family of ingredients with a long history and legacy. By 1930, Firmenich discovered AMBROX® from ambergris, in an effort to uncover its natural essence.
By 2016 we invented AMBROX® SUPER via the revolutionary Biotechnology, available for Ingredients customers. An extremely powerful and elegant ambery odor with musky and woody tonalities. Compared to CETALOX®, this profile is more natural, animalic, and closer to the original ambregris.
The process combines Biotechnology and Green Chemistry, resulting in a renewable ingredient that ensures stable quality, reliable supply and with unlimited availability.
