What country do the ingredients in tylenol come from?
It all depends on the process used by the individual company to make the acetaminophen otherwise known as Tylenol (also known as paracetamol in countries outside the U.S.A.). The base material used to make acetaminophen is phenol, which in turn is synthesized from benzene, sometimes in conjunction with propylene. Both benzene and propylene are derivatives of coal and also can be derived from crude oil. Obviously manufacturers of Tylenol and generic acetaminophen don’t actively publicize where they get acetaminophen from (“you’re eating coal! Eewwww!”), so this is where figuring out country of origin for the ingredients gets tricky. The U.S.A. imports almost all of its crude oil from other countries, but supplies its own coal needs. This means that Tylenol could be entirely “Made in the U.S.A.” from its coal reserves, but there is no way to be sure that Tylenol isn’t increasing our dependence on foreign oil. After all, the chemicals used in Tylenol are byproducts of refining crude oil i
