Ungerer & Company

What Ungerer & Company does

Ungerer & Company is a specialty ingredient, flavor, and fragrance developer and supplier founded in 1893 by William P. Ungerer and headquartered in Lincoln Park, United States. The company develops, manufactures, and supplies three core product categories—ingredients, flavors, and fragrances—to consumer product manufacturers, primarily serving food & beverage, cosmetics, and personal care companies. With 251-500 employees, Ungerer & Company operates a B2B supplier model centered on custom-formulated inputs, sustainable raw material sourcing, and what the company characterizes as leading edge technology for flavor and fragrance creation. Its brand emphasizes a 130-year heritage in sensory product development and positions its offerings around quality, emotion, and consumer sensory experience.

The company generates revenue through long-term supply contracts and product development partnerships with CPG manufacturers. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed, reflecting the custom-formulation nature of its offerings. Its customer base spans two primary horizontal segments: food & beverage manufacturers seeking custom flavors for consumer products, and cosmetics and personal care companies requiring fragrances that drive emotional and sensory engagement. Marketing and distribution are largely direct, with the company website serving as the primary inbound channel and direct enterprise sales relationships handling outbound engagement. The website offers multi-language support (English and Spanish) and dedicated contact pages for each product category.

Since 2020, Ungerer & Company has operated as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Givaudan, the Swiss fragrance and flavor company, following Givaudan's completed acquisition. Under Givaudan ownership, the Ungerer brand continues to be maintained with its own product positioning, dedicated website, and distinct ingredient/flavor/fragrance category pages, while the business is integrated into a global F&F platform. The acquisition was announced via Givaudan's media relations channel and is the most recent documented strategic event in the company's history.

Name

Ungerer & Company

Legal name

Ungerer and Company

Website

https://ungererandcompany.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1893

Operating status

Acquired

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Ungerer & Company, founded in 1893 and headquartered in Lincoln Park, US, is a specialty ingredient, flavor, and fragrance supplier serving food & beverage, cosmetics, and personal care manufacturers through custom-formulated B2B supply contracts. Wholly-owned by Givaudan since 2020.

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Product category

Specialty Ingredients & Fragrances

NAICS

Flavoring Syrup and Concentrate Manufacturing (31193)

SIC

Perfumes, Cosmetics & Other Toilet Preparations (2844)

akta.pro primary industry

Personal Fragrances (Perfume, Cologne, Body Sprays) (CRADANAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Deodorants & Antiperspirants (CRADANAA), Air Care & Home Fragrance (Air Fresheners, Candles, Plug-ins, Diffusers) (CRADAKAI)

Keywords

• Specialty ingredients supply
• Flavor development
• Fragrance creation
• Natural ingredient sourcing
• Flavor and fragrance manufacturing

Headquarters

HQ city

Lincoln Park

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Ingredients, Flavors, and Fragrances Supply: B2B supplier model providing custom-formulated ingredients, flavors, and fragrances to consumer product manufacturers. Revenue generated through long-term supply contracts and product development partnerships with food & beverage, cosmetics, and personal care companies.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Ungerer & Company develops, manufactures, and supplies specialty ingredients, flavors, and fragrances to consumer product manufacturers. The company serves food & beverage, cosmetics, and personal care manufacturers with custom-formulated ingredients and fragrance solutions, leveraging sustainable sourcing and proprietary flavor and fragrance technology built over more than 130 years.

Product overview

Ungerer & Company offers a unified portfolio of three core product categories: Ingredients, Flavors, and Fragrances. The company specializes in the development, manufacturing, and supply of quality ingredients, flavors, and fragrances that inspire the senses and create emotion. Founded in 1893, the company leverages sustainable sourcing and leading edge technology to address customer challenges across the flavor and fragrance industry.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Ingredients Quality raw ingredients used as the foundation for flavor and fragrance creations, sourced sustainably and processed with leading edge technology for use by flavor and fragrance manufacturers.
• Flavors Custom-developed flavors intended for food and beverage manufacturers, designed to evoke memories such as homemade sweets, refreshing beverages, and shared meals, creating consumer moments of delight.
• Fragrances Custom fragrance compositions for cosmetics, personal care, and household product manufacturers, formulated to evoke memories, stir feelings, and transform ordinary daily moments into exquisite sensory experiences.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• GivaudanflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Givaudan completed acquisition of Ungerer & Company in 2020. This acquisition expanded Givaudan's portfolio with natural products and strengthened its global market presence in the flavors and fragrances industry. The media release is available on Givaudan's website.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves1 record

Broad incumbents

• Givaudan: Swiss-based world's largest flavor and fragrance company and Ungerer's parent since 2020. Directly comparable as a broad incumbent across flavors, fragrances, and ingredients for food, beverage, personal care, and household CPG customers, with a global scale that dwarfs Ungerer.
• Sensient Technologies: US-based specialty ingredients supplier spanning flavors, fragrances, and colors for food, beverage, and personal care customers. Broader and larger than Ungerer, with material portfolio overlap in specialty ingredients.
• Kerry Group: Irish taste and nutrition company with significant presence in flavors and functional ingredients for food and beverage customers. Direct overlap with Ungerer's flavor business and materially larger in scale.

Direct peers

• International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF): Global F&F leader formed via the 2021 IFF/DuPont N&B merger. Direct peer to Ungerer across flavors, fragrances, and ingredients serving CPG, food, beverage, and personal care customers at a much larger scale.
• Firmenich: Swiss specialty flavor and fragrance manufacturer with comparable heritage, deep end-market focus on food & beverage, personal care, and household products, and similar specialty positioning to Ungerer.
• Symrise: German F&F producer with strong portfolio overlap in flavors, fragrances, and natural ingredients for food, beverage, and personal care applications — a highly comparable business mix to Ungerer at significantly larger scale.
• Mane: French privately-held F&F company with strong specialty focus across flavors and fragrances for CPG and personal care applications. Closely comparable to Ungerer as a mid-to-large specialty F&F player.
• Takasago International: Japanese flavor and fragrance manufacturer operating globally across food, beverage, and personal care categories. Comparable to Ungerer as a long-established specialty F&F house with similar multi-vertical exposure.
• Robertet: French specialty fragrance and flavor house with a strong orientation toward natural and sustainably sourced ingredients. Closely comparable to Ungerer's specialty positioning and customer segments.

Emerging players

• Treatt: UK-listed specialty ingredients supplier focused on natural flavor and fragrance ingredients for beverage, food, and personal care customers. A comparable specialty F&F player at meaningfully smaller scale than Ungerer.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

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Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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