Sensient Colors, LLC, St. Louis, has achieved an Excellent rating score, the highest rating possible, for its annual Safe Quality Food (SQF) 2000 Level 3 recertification. According to the company, attaining a 99% SQF Level 3 score demonstrates its continued commitment to food safety and quality.

Sensient Colors first achieved SQF Level 3 certification in 2010; this is the third consecutive year that the company has achieved an Excellent rating score. All of Sensient Food Colors global manufacturing facilities are certified to a Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) third-party audit program.

Sensient Colors is a unit of Sensient Technologies Corp., a leading global manufacturer and marketer of colors, flavors and fragrances that employs advanced technologies at facilities around the world to develop specialty food and beverage systems, cosmetic and pharmaceutical systems, inkjet and specialty inks and colors, and other specialty and fine chemicals.