April 29 (Reuters) - Germany's Symrise SY1G.DE reported a 0.4% organic decline in its first-quarter sales but narrowly beat market expectations on Wednesday, aided mainly by by higher pricing and its food and beverage ingredient business.
The flavour and fragrance maker's January-March revenue was 1.25 billion euros ($1.46 billion), versus analysts' average forecast of 1.23 billion euros in a Vara consensus poll.
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(Reporting by Dimitri Rhodes in Gdansk, editing by Milla Nissi-Prussak)
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