International Flavors and Fragrances to sell pharma unit in $2.85 bln deal

International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. is one of the world leaders in designing, producing and marketing food, flavor, fragrance and pharmaceutical ingredients. Net sales break down by product family as follows: - flavor ingredients (54.9%): primarily for the food industry (manufacturing of dairy products, beverages, prepared meals, confectionery products, etc.); - natural, nutritional and health ingredients (18.8%): food cultures and enzymes, probiotics and specialized ingredients for the manufacturing of food supplements, functional foods and beverages, personal and household care products, animal nutrition products, etc.; - fragrance compounds (18.5%): primarily for the manufacturing of cosmetics (deodorants, hair care products, etc.) and cleaning products (detergents, soaps, softeners, etc.); - pharmaceutical excipients (7.8%): cellulosics and seaweed-based pharma excipients used mainly in the manufacturing of pharmaceutical products and food supplements. At the end of 2022, the group has approximately 220 manufacturing sites in the world. Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: North America (31%), Europe/Africa/Middle East (33.9%), Asia (23.1%) and Latin America (12%).