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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000310142-06-000028.txt : 20061013
<SEC-HEADER>0000310142-06-000028.hdr.sgml : 20061013
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20061013115634
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000310142-06-000028
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20061012
FILED AS OF DATE:		20061013
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20061013

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Clarke James
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001376519

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-07626
		FILM NUMBER:		061143611

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		BUSINESS PHONE:		414-347-3834

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		777 E. WISCONSIN AVE.
		CITY:			MILWAUKEE
		STATE:			WI
		ZIP:			53202

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000310142
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	INDUSTRIAL ORGANIC CHEMICALS [2860]
		IRS NUMBER:				390561070
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			WI
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		777 EAST WISCONSIN AVENUE
		CITY:			MILWAUKEE
		STATE:			WI
		ZIP:			53202
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4142716755

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		PO BOX 737
		CITY:			MILWAUKEE
		STATE:			WI
		ZIP:			53201

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	UNIVERSAL FOODS CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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<SEQUENCE>1
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<DESCRIPTION>PRIMARY DOCUMENT
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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0202</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>3</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2006-10-12</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000310142</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>SXT</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001376519</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Clarke James</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>777 EAST WISCONSIN AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>MILWAUKEE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>WI</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>53202</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Asst. Gen. Counsel, Asst. Secr</officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>524.628</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>ESOP</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Stock Options (Right to buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>20.55</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2005-02-17</value>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2014-02-17</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>5000</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeHolding>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Stock Options (Right to buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>19.03</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2007-02-10</value>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2016-02-10</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>2500</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeHolding>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Stock Options (Right to buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>23.09</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2006-02-14</value>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2015-02-14</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>3000</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeHolding>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Represents shares held in Issuer's ESOP as of the most recent statement date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Original option grant vests in three equal annual installments beginning on the date listed.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>John L. Hammond, Attorney-in-fact for Mr. Clarke</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2006-10-13</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>powerofattorney.txt
<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY LETTER
<TEXT>
Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints
 each of John L. Hammond, Richard Carney, Stephen J. Rolfs, and Richard F. Hobbs
, and each of them individually, the undersigneds true and lawful attorney-in-
fact to: (1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigneds
 capacity as an Officer and/or Director of Sensient Technologies Corporation
(the Company), Forms 3, 4 and 5 and any other forms required to be filed in
 accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the
 rules thereunder (a Section 16 Form) and a Form ID and any other forms
required to be filed or submitted in accordance with Regulation S-T promulgated
 by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (or any successor
provision) in order to file the Section 16 Forms electronically (a Form ID,
 and, together with the Section 16 Forms, a Form); (2) do and perform any
and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or
desirable to complete and execute any such Form, complete and execute any
amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission and the New York Stock Exchange; and
(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of each such attorney-in-fact, may be of
benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned,
 it being understood that the documents executed by each such attorney-in-fact
 on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in
such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as he may approve in his
 discretion.  The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full
power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights
 and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each
such attorney-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers
herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that each such attorney-in-fact
is serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, and is not
assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigneds responsi-
bilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

The Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file any Forms pursuant to Section 16(a)
 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder, with respect
 to the undersigneds holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the
 Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to each such attorney-in-fact.  From and after the date hereof, any
Power of Attorney previously granted by the undersigned concerning the subject
 matter hereof is hereby revoked.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
 executed as of this 27th day of September, 2006.


					/s/ James J. Clarke II
</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
</SEC-DOCUMENT>
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