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Stepan Company is a manufacturer of specialty chemicals headquartered in Northfield, Illinois
Northfield, Illinois

Northfield is an affluent village in Cook County, Illinois, Illinois, United States. It is located approximately 19 mi north of Chicago. As of the United States Census, 2000, the village population was 5,389....
. The company was founded in 1932 by Alfred C. Stepan, Jr., and has approximately 1,500 employees. The company describes itself as the largest global merchant manufacturer of anionic surfactant
Surfactant

Surfactants are wetting agents that lower the surface tension of a liquid, allowing easier spreading, and lower the interfacial tension between two liquids....
s, which are used to enhance the foaming and cleaning capabilities of detergents, shampoos, toothpastes and cosmetics.

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Coca-Cola

Coca-Cola is a carbonation soft drink sold in stores, restaurants and vending machines worldwide . It is produced by The Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta, Georgia, and is often referred to simply as Coke or as Cola or Pop....
 includes as an ingredient a coca
Coca

Coca is a plant in the family Erythroxylaceae, native to north-western South America. The plant plays a significant role in traditional Andean culture....
 leaf extract prepared by a Stepan Company plant in Maywood, New Jersey.






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Stepan Company is a manufacturer of specialty chemicals headquartered in Northfield, Illinois
Northfield, Illinois

Northfield is an affluent village in Cook County, Illinois, Illinois, United States. It is located approximately 19 mi north of Chicago. As of the United States Census, 2000, the village population was 5,389....
. The company was founded in 1932 by Alfred C. Stepan, Jr., and has approximately 1,500 employees. The company describes itself as the largest global merchant manufacturer of anionic surfactant
Surfactant

Surfactants are wetting agents that lower the surface tension of a liquid, allowing easier spreading, and lower the interfacial tension between two liquids....
s, which are used to enhance the foaming and cleaning capabilities of detergents, shampoos, toothpastes and cosmetics.

Coca extraction

Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola

Coca-Cola is a carbonation soft drink sold in stores, restaurants and vending machines worldwide . It is produced by The Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta, Georgia, and is often referred to simply as Coke or as Cola or Pop....
 includes as an ingredient a coca
Coca

Coca is a plant in the family Erythroxylaceae, native to north-western South America. The plant plays a significant role in traditional Andean culture....
 leaf extract prepared by a Stepan Company plant in Maywood, New Jersey. The facility, which had been known as the Maywood Chemical Works, was purchased by Stepan in 1959. The plant is the only commercial entity in the country authorized by the Drug Enforcement Administration
Drug Enforcement Administration

The Drug Enforcement Administration is a United States Department of Justice law enforcement agency tasked with combating War on Drugs Not only is the DEA the lead agency for domestic enforcement of the drug policy of the United States , it also has sole responsibility for coordinating and pursuing U.S....
 to import coca leaves, which come primarily from Peru. Approximately 100 metric tons of dried coca leaf are imported each year. The cocaine free leaves are sold to The Coca Cola Company, while the active ingredient is sold to Mallinckrodt
Mallinckrodt

Mallinckrodt Incorporated is a set of pharmaceutical, chemical, imaging, and respiratory equipment suppliers based in the St. Louis, Missouri area....
, a pharmaceutical firm, for medicinal purposes.

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