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FILED AS OF DATE:		20220531
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20220531

FILER:

	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

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SD
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-07626
		FILM NUMBER:		22981667

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		777 EAST WISCONSIN AVENUE
		CITY:			MILWAUKEE
		STATE:			WI
		ZIP:			53202-5304
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4142716755

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		777 EAST WISCONSIN AVENUE
		CITY:			MILWAUKEE
		STATE:			WI
		ZIP:			53202-5304

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	UNIVERSAL FOODS CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">UNITED STATES</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold;">FORM SD</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 24pt; font-weight: bold;">SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">(Exact name of the registrant as specified in its charter)</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">John J. Manning</div>
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    <div>Check the appropriate box to indicate the rule pursuant to which this form is being filed, and provide the period to which the information in this form applies:</div>
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            <div>Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2021.</div>
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    <div style="font-weight: bold;">SECTION 1 &#8211; CONFLICT MINERALS DISCLOSURE</div>
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    <div><u>Conflict Minerals Disclosure</u></div>
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    <div>This is the Conflict Minerals Disclosure of Sensient Technologies Corporation (&#8220;Sensient&#8221;) for the calendar year ended December 31, 2021, in accordance with Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;).&#160;
      Please refer to Rule 13p-1, Form SD, and Exchange Act Release No. 34-67716 for definitions of the terms not otherwise defined herein.</div>
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    <div>Sensient is a manufacturer and marketer of colors and flavors, including specialty food and beverage systems, cosmetic colors and ingredients, essential oils, pharmaceutical and nutraceutical excipients and ingredients, technical colors, specialty
      colors, and specialty dyes and pigments. Sensient conducted a good faith reasonable country of origin inquiry to determine the origin of any conflict minerals necessary to the functionality or production of products manufactured by Sensient, or
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    <div>Sensient&#8217;s good faith reasonable country of origin inquiry included:</div>
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            <div>Reviewing and implementing certain practices outlined in the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas (OECD 2011), an internationally recognized due diligence
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            <div>Conducting an internal review of Sensient&#8217;s products to determine which products contain necessary conflict minerals, including any purchased raw materials that contain necessary conflict minerals.</div>
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            <div>Conducting a supply-chain survey with direct suppliers of materials containing necessary conflict minerals to determine the source of such conflict minerals.</div>
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    <div>Based on the good faith reasonable country of origin inquiry described above, Sensient has determined that a limited number of its products contain raw materials that contain trace amounts of a necessary conflict mineral.&#160; Sensient has no reason
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    <div>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the duly authorized undersigned.</div>
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            <div>/s/ John J. Manning</div>
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