Givaudan S.A. is a Swiss multinational manufacturer of flavours, fragrances and active cosmetic ingredients. As of 2008, it was the world's largest company in the flavour and fragrance industry.[3][4]
Overview
The company's scents and flavours are developed for food and beverage makers, and also used in household goods, as well as grooming and personal care products and perfumes.
The company has two business segments, "Taste & Wellbeing", pertaining to the manufacture of flavors for the food and beverage industry; and "Fragrance & Beauty", which manufactures fragrances for cosmetics, household products, personal care products, and fine fragrance, in addition to fragrance ingredients.[5]
Givaudan's flavours and fragrances are usually custom-made and sold under confidentiality agreements.[6] Givaudan uses ScentTrek, a technology that captures the chemical makeup of smell from living plants.