Milestones

To date, a number of strategic flavour businesses have been acquired:

• 1998 – Mastertaste (UK); a leading flavour house for savoury and sweet applications and the Group’s first dedicated flavour business acquisition
• 1998 – Burns Philip (AUS, NZ); a leader in the flavours business serving Australia, New Zealand and Asian markets
• 2001 – San Giorgio Flavours (Italy); a provider of food and beverage flavours to EU and Asian Markets
• 2001 – The Geneva Group (USA); a leading flavour provider for savoury and sweet applications in foodservice and processed food manufacturing
• 2001 – Hickory Specialties Inc. (USA); a world leading producer of liquid smoke flavours
• 2002 – St. Louis Flavors (USA); enhancing the division’s technical base in sweet flavour development
• 2002 – Metarom (CA); the largest private flavour company in Canada, was acquired to service the sweet flavour sector with a focus on the beverage, dairy and confectionery industries
• 2003 – SunPure (USA); a leading manufacturer of natural citrus flavours and ingredients
• 2003 – Crystals International (USA); a leading specialist manufacturer of natural fruit and vegetable flavours for global markets
• 2004 – Manheimer (USA); a leading formulator and supplier of natural flavours for the beverage, confectionery, meat and soup industries
• 2004 – Flavurence (USA); specialising in natural fruit flavours, a major flavour supplier to food and beverage producers
• 2004 – Laboratorios Krauss (Mexico/Central America); a supplier of sweet flavours to the food industry in Mexico, Latin America and the Caribbean
• 2004 – Fructamine (Italy); a leading producer of naturally extracted flavours, serving European savoury, bakery and soft drink markets