Company: SXT
Filing Date: 2025-02-19
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001140361-25-005084
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Company: SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP
Filing Date: 2025-02-19
Form: 10-K
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, texture, aroma, or other characteristics to a broad range of consumer and other products. This Group
          includes the Company’s natural ingredients business, which produces dehydrated garlic, onion, and other natural ingredients for food processors. The main products of the Group are systems products, including flavor-delivery systems, and
          compounded and blended products. In addition, the Group has strong positions in selected ingredient products such as natural and synthetic flavors, natural extracts, and essential oils. The Group serves food and non-food industries. In food
          industries, markets include savory, beverage, and sweet flavors, as well as certain bioingredients. In non-food industries, the Group supplies essential oil products to the personal, homecare, and bioingredients markets.

Operating through its Natural Ingredients business, the Company believes it is the second largest producer (by sales) of dehydrated onion and garlic products in the United States. The Company is also one of the largest
          producers and distributors of chili powder, paprika, chili pepper, and parsley. The Company sells dehydrated products to food manufacturers for use as ingredients and also for repackaging under private labels for sale to the retail market and to
          the food service industry. The dehydration technologies utilized by our Natural Ingredients business permit fast and effective rehydration of ingredients used in many of today’s popular convenience foods.

As of December 31, 2024, the Group’s principal manufacturing plants are located in California, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, New Mexico, Belgium, Costa Rica, Mexico, Germany, and the United Kingdom.

Color Group

The Company is a developer, manufacturer, and supplier of colors for businesses worldwide. The Company provides natural and synthetic color systems for use in foods, beverages, pharmaceuticals, and nutraceuticals;
          colors and other ingredients for personal care, such as active ingredients, solubilizers, and surface treated pigments; pharmaceutical and nutraceutical excipients, such as colors, flavors, and coatings; and technical colors for industrial
          applications.

The Company believes that it is one of the world’s largest producers (by sales) of synthetic and natural colors, and that it is the world’s largest manufacturer (by sales) of certified food colors. The Company sells its
          synthetic and natural colors to domestic and international producers of beverages, bakery products, processed foods, confections, pet foods, personal care, pharmaceuticals, and nutraceuticals. The Company also makes industrial colors and other
          dyes and pigments