Sensient Technologies Corp. SXT

What this company does

Sensient Technologies Corporation manufactures and markets colors, flavors, and other specialty ingredients, developing products for food and beverage companies as well as the pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, and personal care industries. As of December 31, 2025, the Company employed 4,070 persons worldwide, approximately 45% of them in the United States and approximately 55% outside of the United States. For 2025, the Company operated through three reportable segments: the Flavors & Extracts Group and the Color Group, managed on a product line basis, and the Asia Pacific Group, managed on a geographic basis. The Flavors & Extracts Group produces flavor, extract, and essential oil products that impart taste, texture, aroma, or other characteristics to a broad range of consumer and other products, and includes the Agricultural Ingredients business, which produces dehydrated garlic, onion, and other agricultural ingredients for food processors. The Color Group develops, manufactures, and supplies natural and synthetic color systems for foods, beverages, pharmaceuticals, and nutraceuticals, along with colors and ingredients for personal care and technical colors for industrial applications. The Asia Pacific Group markets the Company's product lines in the Pacific Rim and India under the Sensient name, with its headquarters located in Singapore and manufacturing operations in Australia, China, India, Japan, Thailand, New Zealand, and the Philippines. Sensient Technologies Corporation was incorporated under the laws of the State of Wisconsin in 1882.

Written from the business description in Sensient Technologies Corporation's annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 13 February 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.