esarom
esarom is a family-owned Austrian flavour manufacturer developing and supplying compounds, flavours, extracts and ingredients to global beverage, confectionery and ice cream producers, exporting more than 80% of output through 30+ distribution and joint-venture partners.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded1946
- HeadquartersOberrohrbach, Austria
- Headcount101–250
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingHardware or Manufacturing
What esarom does
esarom gmbh is an Austrian family-owned flavour manufacturer headquartered in Oberrohrbach near Vienna, with a secondary production and innovation site in Rückersdorf-Harmannsdorf. The company develops and produces compounds, flavours, extracts and ingredients for the global beverage, confectionery and ice cream industries, and markets itself as a 'partner in taste' providing trend monitoring, ready-to-consume samples, live product development, production process support and regulatory expertise. Its underlying capabilities combine flavour chemistry and compounding, sensory testing in the 'House of Taste' laboratory, and dedicated powder mixing infrastructure that was expanded in April 2024 to triple production capacity for energy drink functional mixtures. The product portfolio is organised into three verticals — beverages (non-alcoholic, alcoholic, dairy-based and energy drinks), confectionery (fine pastry and baked goods, chocolate and sugar confectionery) and ice cream — and includes sub-lines such as caramel syrups and pastes and a fibre-enriched 'FibreSoda' functional beverage concept.
Commercially, esarom operates a B2B quote-based model with no publicly disclosed pricing, generating revenue through sale of manufactured flavour compounds plus professional custom development services. Go-to-market is sales-led for large enterprise accounts and channel-led for international reach, with an export rate above 80% delivered through a network of more than 30 distribution partners and joint ventures spanning Europe, the CIS, Central Asia, the Middle East and North Africa. The company is privately held by its founding family lineage (Kunze and Mölls) and managed by Managing Directors Michael Kornberger (Sales & Marketing), Stephan Mölls (Operations) and Gerald Urbanek (Finance); it holds halal, kosher and organic certifications and has run an annual 'Flavour of the Year' marketing programme every year since at least 2022 (Grape 2022, Lemon 2023, Peach 2024, Coffee 2025, Pineapple 2026).
esarom firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- esarom
- Legal name
- esarom gmbh
- Website
- https://esarom.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 1946
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 101–250 employees
- Short description
- esarom is a family-owned Austrian flavour manufacturer developing and supplying compounds, flavours, extracts and ingredients to global beverage, confectionery and ice cream producers, exporting more than 80% of output through 30+ distribution and joint-venture partners.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
esarom industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Flavour Ingredients Manufacturing
- NAICS
- Flavoring Syrup and Concentrate Manufacturing (31193), Flavoring Syrup and Concentrate Manufacturing (311930), Ice Cream and Frozen Dessert Manufacturing (311520), Chocolate and Confectionery Manufacturing (31135)
- SIC
- Food And Kindred Products (2000), Beverages (2080), Sugar & Confectionery Products (2060), Ice Cream & Frozen Desserts (2024)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Soft Drink & Carbonated Beverage Syrups (AFAFAGAA)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Cheese Powder, Sauce & Flavor Systems Manufacturing (AFAHABAE), Beverage Concentrates, Syrups & Mixers Wholesale (AFAIAGAF)
Keywords
Where esarom is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Oberrohrbach
- HQ country
- Austria
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices2 records
Markets served
esarom business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Hardware or Manufacturing
- Cost components
- Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure
Revenue model
- Flavour compounds and ingredients: Manufacturing and selling of compounds, flavours, extracts and ingredients to food and beverage industry manufacturers. Products include beverage compounds, confectionery ingredients, and ice cream flavouring solutions.
- Custom flavour development: Customized solutions development services for unique customer needs, including concept creation and product development support
Go-to-market motion2 records
Distribution channels2 records
Marketing channels4 records
esarom product offering
Product offeringCore offering
esarom develops and manufactures compounds, flavours, extracts, and ingredients for the global beverage and food industry. The company produces custom flavour solutions across three core application areas: beverages (non-alcoholic, alcoholic, dairy-based, energy drinks), confectionery (fine pastry, chocolate, sugar confectionery), and ice cream. It also operates a B2B Concept Store portal for partner ordering and provides full-service support including trend monitoring, sample development, production process support, and regulatory expertise.
Product overview
esarom is a flavour manufacturer for the food and beverage industry, operating as a single unified product portfolio that develops and supplies compounds, flavours, extracts, and ingredients. The company's core offerings span three main product categories: Beverages (non-alcoholic, alcoholic, and dairy-based drinks), Confectionery (fine pastry/baked goods, chocolate, and sugar confectionery), and Ice Cream. Beyond these, esarom provides specialized product lines including caramel syrups and pastes, and maintains an exclusive Concept Store platform for partner access. The company follows an annual 'Flavour of the Year' tradition, highlighting key flavour collections such as Coffee (2025), Peach (2024), Lemon (2023), and Grape (2022). Their products serve various applications including energy drinks, functional beverages, RTD products, ice cream, biscuits, chocolate, and candy, with capabilities in trend monitoring, ready-to-consume samples, live product development, production process support, and regulatory expertise.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Products and services
- Compounds Base compound formulations that serve as foundational flavour systems for beverages and food industry applications, providing stable and consistent taste profiles for manufacturers.
- Flavours Comprehensive range of flavour profiles including fruit flavours, botanical flavours, and specialty variations developed for various food and beverage manufacturing applications.
- Extracts Natural and conventional extracts derived from various source materials for flavouring food and beverage products for industrial manufacturers.
- Ingredients Food-grade functional ingredients including stabilizers and masking agents supplied to food and beverage industry manufacturers.
- Beverage Flavour Solutions Flavour solutions for non-alcoholic drinks, alcoholic beverages, dairy-based beverages, energy drinks, functional beverages, and ready-to-drink products for beverage manufacturers.
- Confectionery Flavour Solutions Flavour and ingredient solutions for fine pastry and baked goods, chocolate confectionery, and sugar confectionery including biscuits, wafers, muffins, candies, and filled chocolates for confectionery manufacturers.
- Ice Cream Flavour Solutions Flavour compounds and stabilizers specifically designed for ice cream and frozen dessert manufacturing, providing creamy flavour profiles with flavour stability and texture optimization.
- Caramel Syrups and Pastes Semi-finished caramel syrups and pastes specifically designed for the confectionery industry, offering a wide range of application possibilities for industrial manufacturers.
- Concept Store Exclusive online B2B platform for registered esarom partners to access product information, place orders, and manage their accounts.
Companies that use esarom
Customer profileNamed customers1 record
Segments3 records
Ideal customer profiles3 records
esarom technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed No
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Feature3 records
esarom partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
29 partnerships are on record, tiered regional.
- Flavourom Food Trading Ltd.regionalDistribution partner for UAE and Afghanistan markets. Located in Khalifa Industrial Zone, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
- esarom AlgerieregionalDistribution partner for Algeria market. Located in Bejaia, Algeria.
- ARDIS LLCregionalDistribution partner for Armenia market. Located in Yerevan, Armenia.
- AN G&S LtdregionalDistribution partner for Azerbaijan market. Located in Baku, Azerbaijan.
- Sonic Prime GroupregionalDistribution partner for Bangladesh market. Located in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
- VAN 97 ODOregionalDistribution partner for Belarus market. Located in Minsk, Belarus.
- esarom d.o.o., Banja LukaregionalJoint venture/distribution partner for Bosnia-Hercegovina market. Located in Banja Luka, Bosnia-Hercegovina.
- esarom Bulgaria EOODregionalJoint venture/distribution partner for Bulgaria market. Located in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
- Shanghai Lequan Food Co. Ltd.regionalDistribution partner for China market. Located in Shanghai, China.
- esarom CZ and SKregionalJoint venture/distribution partner for Czech Republic and Slovakia markets. Located in Olomouc, Czech Republic.
- ADINA Ingredients OÜregionalDistribution partner for Estonia market. Located in Tallinn, Estonia.
- Shvidi ltd.regionalDistribution partner for Georgia market. Located in Tbilisi, Georgia.
- Montereale Kft.regionalDistribution partner for Hungary market. Located in Szentendre, Hungary.
- TOO Interrom KazakhstanregionalDistribution partner for Kazakhstan market. Located in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
- esarom Kosova N.T.P.regionalDistribution partner for Kosovo market. Located in Hajvali-Prishtinë, Kosovo.
- SIA Swiss FlavoursregionalDistribution partner for Latvia market. Located in Riga, Latvia.
- Lecom InternationalregionalDistribution partner for Moldova market. Located in Chisinau, Moldova.
- esarom Mongolia LLCregionalJoint venture for Mongolia market. Located in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
- esarom MAKregionalJoint venture/distribution partner for North Macedonia market. Located in Skopje, North Macedonia.
- esarom polska Sp.z.o.o.regionalJoint venture for Poland market. Located in Katowice, Poland.
- S.C. Expertarom food ingredients S.R.L.regionalDistribution partner for Romania market. Located in Sibiu, Romania.
- ooo esarom rusregionalJoint venture for Russia market. Located in Moskovskaya oblastj, Russia.
- SagalregionalMain distribution partner for Serbia market. Located in Beograd, Serbia.
- OOO SpecresursregionalDistribution partner for Tajikistan market. Located in Khujand, Tajikistan.
- esarom türkiyeregionalJoint venture for Turkey market. Located in Istanbul, Turkey (Gida ve Aroma Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S.).
- Ingredients-tmregionalDistribution partner for Turkmenistan market. Located in Ashgabad, Turkmenistan.
- esarom Ukraine LLCregionalJoint venture for Ukraine market. Located in Kiev, Ukraine.
- esarom Middle East (FZE)regionalJoint venture for Middle East market. Located in SAIF Zone, UAE.
- Cool System CA LLC.regionalDistribution partner for Uzbekistan market. Located in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Scale indicators6 records
Recent moves8 records
Expansion highlights6 records
esarom competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- Robertet: French family-controlled natural flavour and ingredient manufacturer serving beverage, confectionery and dairy customers globally; comparable to esarom in size band, family ownership structure and emphasis on natural/customised flavour systems for B2B food and beverage clients.
- Mane: French family-owned flavour and fragrance house with a comparable mid-sized, privately held profile to esarom, serving food and beverage manufacturers with custom flavour solutions across beverages, confectionery and dairy — a structural peer in both governance and customer use cases.
- Döhler: German-headquartered, family-owned flavour and ingredient manufacturer supplying the global beverage and food industry with compounds, flavours and natural ingredients — directly comparable to esarom in product mix (beverage compounds, fruit preparations, dairy and confectionery ingredients), B2B customer base and family-controlled ownership.
Broad incumbents
- Givaudan: Swiss global leader in flavours, fragrances and natural ingredients with a comprehensive beverage and food industry portfolio — overlapping heavily with esarom's customer base but operating at materially larger scale, broader geographic coverage and with deeper R&D resources.
- Symrise: German-headquartered global flavour and nutrition company serving beverage, confectionery and dairy customers worldwide — competes with esarom across all three of esarom's primary verticals but with a much broader portfolio including pet food and cosmetic ingredients.
- International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF): US-listed global flavour and ingredient major with deep reach into beverage, confectionery and ice cream manufacturers; competes with esarom for the same B2B customers but offers substantially broader ingredient, enzyme and functional ingredient capabilities.
- Firmenich: Swiss privately held flavour and fragrance house with strong beverage and confectionery credentials; competes with esarom in the same application areas and shares a privately held ownership profile, but operates at significantly greater global scale.
- Kerry Group: Irish-listed taste and nutrition company supplying flavour systems, functional ingredients and beverage compounds to global food and beverage manufacturers — directly overlapping with esarom's product mix across beverages, confectionery and ice cream at a much larger scale.
Emerging players
- Sensient Technologies: US-based flavour and colour manufacturer with focused beverage, confectionery and food ingredient offerings — a focused mid-cap peer to esarom in beverage and confectionery flavour systems, though typically serving larger multinational accounts from its US base.
Regional players
- Takasago International Corporation: Japanese flavour and fragrance manufacturer with growing presence in European and Middle Eastern beverage and confectionery markets — a comparable custom-flavour B2B supplier, though its primary competitive footprint is in Asia rather than esarom's Europe/CIS core.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat4 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
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Trust signalCompliance3 records
esarom financial estimates
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esarom leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles3 records
esarom subsidiaries and ownership
Company hierarchySubsidiaries12 records
esarom funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
Investors
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esarom M&A and investment
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Investments
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Frequently asked questions about esarom
What does esarom do?
esarom develops and manufactures compounds, flavours, extracts, and ingredients for the global beverage and food industry. The company produces custom flavour solutions across three core application areas: beverages (non-alcoholic, alcoholic, dairy-based, energy drinks), confectionery (fine pastry, chocolate, sugar confectionery), and ice cream. It also operates a B2B Concept Store portal for partner ordering and provides full-service support including trend monitoring, sample development, production process support, and regulatory expertise.
Is esarom a public or private company?
esarom is a private company. It is classified as family owned and is currently operating.
When was esarom founded?
esarom was founded in 1946. It employs 101 to 250 people.
Where is esarom based?
esarom is headquartered in Oberrohrbach, Austria, in the Europe region.
How does esarom make money?
Two revenue lines are on record. Flavour compounds and ingredients are the primary driver. The others are custom flavour development.
Who are esarom's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are Robertet, Mane and Döhler. Broad incumbents are Givaudan, Symrise, International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF), Firmenich and Kerry Group. Sensient Technologies is listed as an emerging player. Takasago International Corporation is listed as a regional player.
Does esarom have an API?
No public API is recorded for esarom.
What industry is esarom in?
esarom's product category is Flavour Ingredients Manufacturing. Its primary akta.pro industry code is AFAFAGAA, Soft Drink & Carbonated Beverage Syrups, with a secondary code of AFAHABAE, Cheese Powder, Sauce & Flavor Systems Manufacturing. Its NAICS code is 31193 and its SIC code is 2000.