About

Scent is an invisible essence that enriches everyday life. Across every aspect of food and lifestyle, we create scents that resonate with people's memories and emotions, enhancing the character of products and the value of spaces.

Flavor and Fragrance

We deliver flavor and fragrance solutions across a wide range of industries, from food and beverages to cosmetics and toiletries. From R&D to blending, we oversee the entire process to ensure functionality, quality, and safety.

Flavor

We create flavor solutions for soft drinks, alcoholic beverages, confectionery, frozen desserts, and dairy products. By enhancing the inherent taste of ingredients and restoring lost aromas, we elevate the overall appeal of food.

Soft drinks, alcoholic beverages, ice cream, gum, chocolate, and more.

  • Enhancing the inherent aroma of ingredients
  • Restoring aromas lost during processing and distribution

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Savory

We create flavor solutions for savory processed foods, including instant noodles, sauces, and broths. In addition to enhancing cooking aromas, ingredient notes, and the richness of broths, we develop functional flavors that mask unwanted odors generated during manufacturing. Our solutions help recreate authentic taste profiles while expanding the enjoyment of food.

Savory processed foods, including curry, ramen, seasonings, and snack foods

  • Enhancing taste and palatability
  • Masking off-flavors generated during manufacturing

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Fragrance

We create fragrance solutions for a wide range of products, including hair care, body care, laundry care, and air care products. Our fragrances enhance everyday experiences by delivering comfort and a sense of well-being.

Cosmetics, fine fragrances, toiletries, and personal care products

  • Enhancing lifestyle experiences
  • Influencing the mind and body through aromachology

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Fine Chemical Business (Shiono Finesse)

Leveraging synthesis and purification technologies developed through our fragrance expertise, we develop and manufacture pharmaceutical intermediates and active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs). We provide high-quality products tailored to drug development pipelines under rigorous quality control. Our business contributes to addressing societal health challenges, including the development of treatments for diabetes and allergies.

Shiono Finesse, Ltd.

Scent Branding & Spatial Design Business (KITCHIBE)

We design scents tailored to spaces and brand experiences, delivering scent-based experiences for commercial facilities, hotels, art venues, and event spaces. Under our proprietary brand "KITCHIBE," we create original fragrances and spatial scent solutions that blend tradition and innovation across Japan and global markets.

KITCHIBE