SK Chemtrade’s roots began in Zimbabwe, in the form of Sylvester & Kitchen Pvt Ltd, a company founded in 1978 that continues to this day to supply various raw materials to the Zimbabwean market.

SK Chemtrade was established in 1992 as a distributor of flavours and fragrances from International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF). In 2010 we opened new product development and warehousing facilities in Montague Gardens, Cape Town. In 2016, we undertook a new development which allows us to offer bespoke product concepts and compounds to our valued client base.

Our Cape Town facility is proudly FSSC 22000 certified and with our team of Food Scientists we can take a brief from Concept to Launch.

The company has further expanded into offering high quality ingredients to the Pharmaceutical and Performance Materials industries in Southern Africa. Our Joint Venture with Barentz, the global life science ingredients distributor, allows us to offer better ingredient solutions to our customers. By further tapping into the application laboratories available through the Barentz network globally we can always offer a better solution to our clientele.

SK Chemtrade holds exclusive distribution agreements with several prominent raw material manufacturers and suppliers from Europe, USA and Asia. The company believes in partnering with suppliers that have the same ethos: Delivering high quality products, offering technical support whenever required with enthusiasm towards new product development.