Driving Flavor Innovation

At Takasago, we are…

…one of the largest flavor, fragrance and aroma chemical companies in the world. For more than 100 years, we have been providing companies around the world with the taste and smell sensations that differentiate great products. You can learn all about our company and its capabilities, history, and products at takasago.com.

Creative Centers

16 Creative Centers and 4 R&D Centers

Manufacturing

34 manufacturing centers

Talent

Over 3,500 employees worldwide

Flavor Innovation Platforms

Our ability to provide outstanding flavor products lies in our core ingredient platforms. Developed over decades through our expertise in R&D, flavor creation, applications, and consumer insight, these six areas lay the foundation of our position as a global leader in flavors.

Citrus

Coffee

Mint & Sensates™

Tea

Vanilla

Technology

Each of our core technology areas benefits from a collection of high-value capabilities. Backed by a global team of experts, these are the tools that bring our technologies to life.

Vivid^® Flavors

Developed through proprietary chiral synthesis and natural separation/isolation techniques, Vivid® Flavors deliver the true-to-nature taste perceptions that consumers crave.

Biotechnology & Fermentation

Our expertise in these sciences results in proprietary building blocks that are used to create flavors and taste modulation products.

Encapsulation & Delivery Technologies

Specialized flavor delivery via carbohydrate glass, fluid bed (agglomeration) and spray dry encapsulates.

Taste Modulation

Intensates^® Flavors are used for general taste modulation to mask negative taste attributes of ingredients, improve sweetness profile, improve salivation, etc. They feature chemesthetic ingredients to deliver a trigeminal response or effect for additional taste modulation.

Extraction, Fractionation, Distillation & Isolation Technologies

Unique fractions and building blocks for taste modulation and flavor creation.

Global Infrastructure

Our flavor innovation platforms and core technologies are supported by a global team of skilled professionals who provide the highest level of assistance to customers all over the world.

Global Flavor Regulatory Center (GFRC)

The center is a critical resource that keeps all our affiliates up to date on the latest regulatory issues in all business regions via a global information portal.

Consumer Insights & Market Research (CIMR)

Takasago’s CIMR team brings the voice of the consumer to product development, from discovery to formulation guidance.

Research & Development

Corporate R&D supports the creativity of flavorists by promoting the global application of research outcomes, such as a wide range of psychophysiological measurements, innovative aroma analysis and advanced aroma science.

Marketing

Our global marketing experts leverage consumer, market, and brand understanding to develop innovative product concepts that help our customers succeed in their market segments.

Want to learn more?

Get in touch with our flavorists, product development team and regulatory experts.

Looking forward to hearing from you!

Visit our corporate site at takasago.com