China is flooding the global vitamin market, leaving European vitamin producers in a precarious position. The world’s largest vitamin E factory is located in Sisseln, in the canton of Aargau in northern Switzerland. Vitamins have been produced there since the 1970s, and around a third of the world’s vitamin E comes from the site. Silvia Sonneveld, head of the vitamins division at the flavour and fragrence firm DSM Firmenich, proudly shows us around the factory. Nowhere else in the world is production as efficient as it is here. However, this confidence is tempered by concerns. + Swiss seek China business boost as old trade links unravel A new vitamin E factory is currently being built in China. “There are lots of rumours about when it’s due to be completed. Perhaps by the end of this year,” says Sonneveld. The fear is that the additional factory in China is likely to lead to a global oversupply of vitamin E. Already, around 60% of the world’s vitamin E comes from China. History of ...
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Published on September 3, 2026
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