Our Industrial Business





We provide a wide range of products to multinational food manufacturers and restaurants.

Customers: Food manufacturers and the food service industry. Food service customers are supplied both directly and indirectly through distributors.

Products: Seasoning blends, natural spices and herbs, wet flavors, coating systems and compound flavors.

Market position: A leading supplier to many of the large multi-national food manufacturers and restaurants. We have one of the broadest ranges of flavor solutions in the industry and expertise in sensory, culinary and other areas.

Competitors: Tend to specialize in one or several ranges of products. Some competitors are publicly held flavor companies, while others are small privately owned firms.

Growth opportunities: Supporting the global expansion of customers, building current and new strategic partnerships, developing consumer-preferred, value-added products.





Significant progress has been made transforming our U.S. industrial business. We're simplifying and focusing our resources on growing with large customers who have the greatest potential to add profitable sales. From 2005 to 2008, we expect to increase operating income margin, excluding restructuring charges, by 2.5 to 3.5 percentage points.
   At our Create-IT®Center — which we opened in December 2006 — we engage strategic industrial customers at the front end of their process to discuss trends and develop winning new product ideas.


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