Business Context

Biomass waste is an under-utilized source of material for both energy and ingredient generation. In quest of effective waste management, an Asian-based leading producer of flavors and fragrance (F&F) wanted to explore an opportunity to utilize biomass waste generated from industries other than petrochemical and beverage industries, wherein such waste can be recycled/valorized to produce F&F ingredients.

The Challenge

Biomass waste is generated as a by-product of activities such as wood shavings and crop residues. These are mostly abandoned or given up by humans. The key challenge was to identify the biowaste stream and its processing to extract ingredients that are safe, and functional and match performance and quality compared to ingredients deployed in the mainstream of the F&F business.

The client wanted a comprehensive solution landscape on existing and emerging unexplored biomass waste that has the potential to be applied in the production of ingredients followed by competitors’ strategies and top solution providers who can meet sustainability goals in terms of sourcing, process utilization, and application.

Business Impact

We provided the client with actionable recommendations on a few upcycled ingredients and advanced technologies to produce high-performing, quality F&F ingredients from biomass waste.

• The client was able to understand state-of-the-art unexplored biomass waste that has potential in the production of F&F ingredients.
• The client was able to understand overall trends in the utilization of biomass waste in the F&F business and its impact in the mid to long-term.
• The client was able to prioritize a few upcycled ingredients for their F&F business.
• The client was able to understand the various solution approaches competitors are adopting to address the challenges associated with utilization of the biomass waste.
• The client was able to understand competitors’ strategies for minimizing waste reduction and achieving sustainability goals.
• A client got insights on implemented success stories/use cases for a few solutions to establish confidence for collaboration opportunities with solution providers.