EXHIBIT 16

DELOITTE.

Deloitte & Touche LLP
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April 10, 2006

Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, DC 20549-7561

Dear Sirs/Madams:

We have read Item 4.01 of Sensient Technologies Corporation Retirement Employee Stock Ownership Plan Form 8-K dated April 6, 2006, and we have the following comments:

1.	We agree with the statements made in the first and second paragraphs and the last sentence of the third paragraph.
2.	We have no basis on which to agree or disagree with the statements made in the first sentence of the third paragraph.

Yours truly,

/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP