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Sensing the Future Through Innovation.
Discovery & Development...
Senomyx discovers and develops innovative flavor ingredients using our unique proprietary technologies. We believe that our novel flavors, flavor modifiers, and bitter blockers will enable food and beverage companies to improve the nutritional profile of their products and/or achieve a competitive advantage while maintaining or enhancing taste. Our flavor ingredients are commercialized directly by Senomyx or through partnership agreements.
The Company's key flavor_programs focus on the discovery and development of savory, sweet and salt flavor ingredients that are intended to allow for the reduction of MSG, sugar and salt in food and beverage products. In addition, Senomyx has a bitter blocker program to reduce or block bitter tastes and thereby improve the taste characteristics of foods, beverages and pharmaceutical products. Senomyx also has a cool flavor program for the discovery of novel flavor ingredients intended to provide a cooling taste effect for confectioneries, foods and beverages, as well as oral care and OTC healthcare products. Eleven Senomyx flavor ingredients have received regulatory_approvals in the U.S.; many of these have also been granted approval in additional countries.
Commercialization...
Senomyx has initiated a new Direct Sales Strategy intended to accelerate and expand commercialization of the Company’s flavor ingredients. In addition to collaborations for commercialization, Senomyx will sell certain of its flavor ingredients directly to flavor companies for re-sale to food and beverage companies.
Senomyx’s partners are responsible for manufacturing and commercializing the flavor ingredients discovered and developed by the Company.
Nestlé is currently marketing products that contain one of Senomyx's Savory Flavors in the Pacific Rim, Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East. This ingredient and other Senomyx Savory Flavors can be used to reduce or replace added monosodium glutamate (MSG) in foods and beverages; they can also be used to create new savory blends.
Ajinomoto, Co., Inc. is currently introducing products that contain a Senomyx flavor ingredient in Asia, North America, and an emerging market with large growth potential.
Firmenich has exclusive rights for worldwide commercialization of S2383, an extremely effective modifier of the high-intensity sweetener sucralose. S2383 can be used in all food and beverage product categories to reduce sucralose by up to 75% while maintaining the desired sweet taste. Products that contain S2383 are being marketed in North America and Latin America.
Firmenich also has worldwide exclusive rights to commercialize S6973, which enables the reduction of up to 50% of the sucrose present in product prototypes while maintaining the sweet taste of natural sugar. S6973 is applicable for use in virtually all food categories and selected beverages, including dairy beverages, and ready-to-drink coffee and tea. Commercialization activities with S6973 are ongoing in the Americas, Southeast Asia, Africa, and Australia. Recent market launches of retail products that incorporate S6973 have occurred in the U.S., Latin America, Asia, and South Africa.
A Senomyx partner has initiated its first market launch of a retail product incorporating the Company’s S6821 Bitter Blocker. Marketing activities are currently taking place in a country in Southeast Asia. The partner is evaluating the use of S6821 in additional products and geographies.
Collaborations...
Senomyx has entered into product discovery and development collaborations with several of the world's leading food, beverage, and ingredient supply companies. These collaborations provide Senomyx with research and development funding, milestone payments based upon achievement of research or development goals, and royalties on sales of products incorporating our flavor ingredients. We are primarily responsible for the discovery, development and regulatory approval of our new flavor ingredients, while each collaborator will bear the costs and responsibilities for manufacturing, marketing, selling and distributing its consumer products that contain Senomyx flavor ingredients. This arrangement is intended to allow Senomyx to benefit from our collaborators' brand recognition, global market presence, established sales and distribution channels, and other industry specific expertise.
Senomyx discovers and develops innovative flavor ingredients using our unique proprietary technologies. We believe that our novel flavors, flavor modifiers, and bitter blockers will enable food and beverage companies to improve the nutritional profile of their products and/or achieve a competitive advantage while maintaining or enhancing taste. Our flavor ingredients are commercialized directly by Senomyx or through partnership agreements.
The Company's key flavor_programs focus on the discovery and development of savory, sweet and salt flavor ingredients that are intended to allow for the reduction of MSG, sugar and salt in food and beverage products. In addition, Senomyx has a bitter blocker program to reduce or block bitter tastes and thereby improve the taste characteristics of foods, beverages and pharmaceutical products. Senomyx also has a cool flavor program for the discovery of novel flavor ingredients intended to provide a cooling taste effect for confectioneries, foods and beverages, as well as oral care and OTC healthcare products. Eleven Senomyx flavor ingredients have received regulatory_approvals in the U.S.; many of these have also been granted approval in additional countries.
Commercialization...
Senomyx has initiated a new Direct Sales Strategy intended to accelerate and expand commercialization of the Company’s flavor ingredients. In addition to collaborations for commercialization, Senomyx will sell certain of its flavor ingredients directly to flavor companies for re-sale to food and beverage companies.
Senomyx’s partners are responsible for manufacturing and commercializing the flavor ingredients discovered and developed by the Company.
Nestlé is currently marketing products that contain one of Senomyx's Savory Flavors in the Pacific Rim, Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East. This ingredient and other Senomyx Savory Flavors can be used to reduce or replace added monosodium glutamate (MSG) in foods and beverages; they can also be used to create new savory blends.
Ajinomoto, Co., Inc. is currently introducing products that contain a Senomyx flavor ingredient in Asia, North America, and an emerging market with large growth potential.
Firmenich has exclusive rights for worldwide commercialization of S2383, an extremely effective modifier of the high-intensity sweetener sucralose. S2383 can be used in all food and beverage product categories to reduce sucralose by up to 75% while maintaining the desired sweet taste. Products that contain S2383 are being marketed in North America and Latin America.
Firmenich also has worldwide exclusive rights to commercialize S6973, which enables the reduction of up to 50% of the sucrose present in product prototypes while maintaining the sweet taste of natural sugar. S6973 is applicable for use in virtually all food categories and selected beverages, including dairy beverages, and ready-to-drink coffee and tea. Commercialization activities with S6973 are ongoing in the Americas, Southeast Asia, Africa, and Australia. Recent market launches of retail products that incorporate S6973 have occurred in the U.S., Latin America, Asia, and South Africa.
A Senomyx partner has initiated its first market launch of a retail product incorporating the Company’s S6821 Bitter Blocker. Marketing activities are currently taking place in a country in Southeast Asia. The partner is evaluating the use of S6821 in additional products and geographies.
Collaborations...
Senomyx has entered into product discovery and development collaborations with several of the world's leading food, beverage, and ingredient supply companies. These collaborations provide Senomyx with research and development funding, milestone payments based upon achievement of research or development goals, and royalties on sales of products incorporating our flavor ingredients. We are primarily responsible for the discovery, development and regulatory approval of our new flavor ingredients, while each collaborator will bear the costs and responsibilities for manufacturing, marketing, selling and distributing its consumer products that contain Senomyx flavor ingredients. This arrangement is intended to allow Senomyx to benefit from our collaborators' brand recognition, global market presence, established sales and distribution channels, and other industry specific expertise.
