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Trade News | August 7, 2024

BASF declares Force Majeure for selected vitamin A, vitamin E, and carotenoid products as well as selected aroma ingredients

As a result of a fire that occurred in a BASF plant in Ludwigshafen, Germany on July 29, 2024, BASF SE - also on behalf of its affected affiliates - declares Force Majeure on deliveries of selected vitamin A, vitamin E, and carotenoid products as well as selected aroma ingredients, with immediate effect and until further notice. The selected aroma ingredients are Ionones, Pyranol, DL-Menthol, Rose Oxides, Ethyllinalool, Nerolidol, and Isophytol R. BASF is in close contact with customers to share updates and the developments regarding the supply capability of the affected products.
Baby bottles of the brand Thyseed benefit from BASF’s high-performance thermoplastic Ultrason® P which ensures that the bottles are safe to use, lightweight and shatter-proof.   Photo: BASF
Trade News | July 22, 2024

Safe and robust: Thyseed baby bottles now made of Ultrason®

Baby bottles of the baby feeding and nurturing products brand Thyseed are now made of BASF’s high-performance thermoplastic Ultrason®. The bottles for babies and toddlers benefit from the BASF polyphenylsulfone (PPSU) Ultrason® P 3010 in several ways: It is approved for food contact and features excellent mechanical strength, chemical resistance as well as resistance to superheated steam at 134°C. These properties ensure that the baby bottles are safe to use, while being lightweight and shatter-proof. They easily withstand the high temperatures in dishwashers and microwave ovens and can thus be reused many times without losing their excellent mechanical properties or their optical appearance. Thyseed and BASF have also entered into a strategic cooperation to explore the advantages of Ultrason® for other products of Thyseed in China and beyond.
Mit dem biomassenbilanzierten Biopolymer ecoflex® BMB (PBAT) bietet die BASF der Verpackungsindustrie jetzt die Möglichkeit, den Einsatz von nachwachsenden Rohstoffen zu steigern.

With the biomass-balanced biopolymer ecoflex® BMB (PBAT), BASF is now offering the packaging industry a way to increase the use of renewable feedstocks.
Trade News | June 7, 2024

An industry-first: BASF is expanding its Biopolymers portfolio by introducing biomass-balanced ecoflex® (PBAT)

BASF is now offering the packaging industry a way to increase the use of renewable feedstocks: It is expanding its portfolio of certified compostable biopolymers to include a biomass-balanced (BMB) ecoflex®, a polybutylene adipate terephthalate (PBAT) that is frequently used in the compounding of biopolymers. For the new ecoflex® F Blend C1200 BMB, the fossil raw materials that are usually used in the production process are replaced with renewable feedstock at the beginning of the value chain. The renewable feedstock comes from waste and residual biomass and is attributed to the ecoflex® grade via a mass balance approach which is certified according to REDcert2 and ISCC PLUS. The biomass-balanced ecoflex® not only contributes to reducing the use of fossil resources, but it also offers a 60% lower Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) than the standard ecoflex® F Blend C1200.
Portable authenticity testing device for herbs and spices
Trade News | March 21, 2024

Portable authenticity testing device detects food fraud at the point of sampling

Bia Analytical Ltd have joined forces with trinamiX GmbH to launch a ground-breaking new portable authenticity testing service that will offer customers along the food value chain a high-speed indication of authenticity at the point of sampling, taking testing out of the lab and into the supply chain.
Trade News | September 14, 2023

BASF offers Product Carbon Footprints for ingredients portfolio in human and animal nutrition markets

Ludwigshafen, Germany – BASF has calculated the Product Carbon Footprints (PCFs) for vitamins, carotenoids, beverage processing polymers, feed enzymes and feed performance ingredients for the human and animal nutrition markets. The BASF methodology for calculating PCFs is certified by TÜV Rheinland according to the internationally recognized standard, ISO 14067:2018.