Stepan Company
Stepan Co manufactures and sells a variety of chemicals and chemical-based products. The company organizes itself into three segments based on product type. The surfactants segment, which generates the majority of revenue, sells cleaning agents used in detergents, shampoos, body wash, fabric softeners, toothpastes, and other personal-care products. The polymers segment sells polyurethane used to manufacture rigid foam for thermal insulation, as well as phthalic anhydride used to make plastic components for the construction, automotive, and boating industries. The specialty products segment sells chemicals used in food and flavoring. The majority of Stepan's revenue comes from the United States, followed by France, Poland, the United Kingdom, Brazil, Mexico, and other countries.www.stepan.com
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Oct 18, 2026
Joe SchwarczHOST
Today, coca leaves are still used for flavor, but only after the cocaine has been extracted.
Joe SchwarczHOST
The Stepan Company in New Jersey is the only one allowed to import and process these coca leaves.
Joe SchwarczHOST
Some of the extracted cocaine is used as an anesthetic for eye and nasal surgery, but most of it is destroyed.
Joe SchwarczHOST
So no worries about cocaine in coke.
Mark PendergrastGUEST
I mean, this is an interesting thing.
Mark PendergrastGUEST
They still do use coca leaf for Coke, but they decocainize it in Maywood, New Jersey, at the Stepan Chemical Company, uh, which was sort of the dis-
Ira GlassHOST
Wait, wait.
Ira GlassHOST
So there's a, so there's a plant in New Jersey that basically they import tons and tons of coca leaves.