USD 50–100 mn2025 estimate
PRESS RELEASE · 30 OCTOBER 2026
WS-3 Market Estimated at USD 28–48 mn in 2025, Says Market Krystal
MARKET KRYSTAL ESTIMATE
USD 28–48 mnWS-3 market, 2025- Confidence
- Grade C
- Forecast
- 2026–2035
- Scenarios
- to 2047
30 October 2026 – Market Krystal has published its WS-3 market report, covering demand, supply, the value chain and market size, with a forecast for 2026–2035 and scenarios to 2047.
WS-3 (N-ethyl-p-menthane-3-carboxamide) is a menthane carboxamide that cools without the smell, taste or burn of menthol. It is used mainly in chewing gum, toothpaste and mouthwash, and increasingly in nicotine pouches and e-liquids. Supply is concentrated in Chinese specialty producers that sell to global flavour houses and gum makers.
Key findings
Demand
Chewing gum and oral care are the largest uses, led by North America and Europe; nicotine pouches grow fastest.
Supply
Chinese makers dominate, including Kunshan Asia Aroma, Anhui Chinaherb and Anhui Fengle; Symrise sells odourless coolants under Symcool.
Value chain
l-Menthol or menthone-derived p-menthane intermediates + Ethylamine + Cyanation or carboxylation reagents → WS-3 → Chewing gum and confectionery, Toothpaste and mouthwash, Nicotine pouches
THE QUESTION THE REPORT ANSWERSHow large is the WS-3 market across gum, oral care and nicotine products, who supplies it, and how will Chinese capacity and coolant restrictions in nicotine products shape demand to 2035?
Companies covered include
Kunshan Asia AromaAnhui Chinaherb Flavors & FragrancesSymriseAnhui Fengle PerfumeGivaudanIFFMars WrigleyPhilip Morris International (Swedish Match)BfR
Recent developments
Germany's food and agriculture ministry drafted an amendment to the Tobacco Products Ordinance to ban 13 flavouring and cooling substances in e-cigarettes. Deutsches Arzteblatt
Anhui Chinaherb started trial production of phase 2 of its 2,600 t/yr cooling agent and aroma project. Anhui Chinaherb Flavors & Fragrances
BfR opinion 010/2025 said WS-3, WS-23 and WS-5 in e-liquids are poorly researched and not recommended, and that government can ban coolants in e-cigarettes. BfR
THE FULL REPORT
WS-3 (odourless oral-care coolant) Market Report 2026-2035: Size, Producers, Pricing and Scenarios to 2047 (CAS 39711-79-0)
Producers and capacities, demand by application and region, value chain, pricing, market size and scenarios. PDF and Excel.
About Market Krystal
Market Krystal is a chemical market intelligence company. It publishes CAS-level market reports that follow each molecule from feedstock and production route through producers, applications and end users, and tracks chemical-industry developments from official company and regulator sources.