First-quarter revenue rose 14.9% in reporting currency to 1.09 billion euros ($1.17 billion), compared with an average of 1.06 billion forecast by analysts in a company-provided poll https://vara-services.com/symrise/consensus-estimates.

Symrise, which has limited exposure to the Russia-Ukraine war but is facing rising raw material and energy costs, has benefited from high demand for pet food ingredients amid the pandemic and a more recent recovery in fragrances and flavours.

"Ordering behaviour of our customers clearly indicates that consumers have once again become more active with the reduction of many Coronavirus restrictions," Chief Executive Officer Heinz-Juergen Bertram said in a statement.

He added that the recovery is especially noticeable in travel, gastronomy and leisure.

Symrise confirmed its outlook for the year of 5% to 7% sales growth with an EBITDA margin of 21%.

Guidance includes expectations of rising raw material prices, the company added.

($1 = 0.8940 euros)

(Reporting by Jagoda Darlak and Linda Pasquini in Gdansk; Editing by Jacqueline Wong and Christopher Cushing)