EXHIBIT 10.1(g)(1)

                         AMENDMENT OF STOCK OPTION PLAN

      AMENDMENT (this "Amendment") dated as of November 6. 2000 to the Universal
Foods Corporation 1999 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan (the "Plan").

      WHEREAS, the Plan was established by Universal Foods Corporation, a
Wisconsin corporation (the "Company") on January 27, 2000;

      WHEREAS, on September 7, 2000 the fiscal year of the Company was changed
by the Board of Directors to end on December 31 of each year, with the first
full calendar fiscal year being the year ending December 31, 2000, so that the
Company's next Annual Meeting will occur in April and not in January;

      WHEREAS, on September 7, 2000 the name of the Company was chanced by the
Company's Board of Directors from Universal Foods Corporation to Sensient
Technologies Corporation, subject to approval by the shareholders of the Company
at its next Annual Meeting on April 26, 2001;

      WHEREAS, commencing on November 6, 2000 (the "Launch Date") until such
Annual Meeting the Company will utilize the name "Sensient Technologies
Corporation" as a fictitious name and, when legally necessary or appropriate,
the Company will refer to itself as "Universal Foods Corporation d/b/a Sensient
Technologies Corporation"; and

      WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 14 of the Plan the Company's Board of
Directors may at any time amend the Plan subject to shareholder approval when
required.

      NOW THEREFORE, the Plan is hereby amended as follows:

      1. Effective from and after the Launch Date, the Plan is hereby modified
and amended by deleting all references to "Universal Foods Corporation" and
substituting therefor "Universal Foods Corporation d/b/a Sensient Technologies
Corporation." Upon approval of the new name by the Company's shareholders, the
Plan shall be deemed amended so that use of the fictitious name shall cease and
the Company shall be referred to as "Sensient Technologies Corporation." This
Amendment shall be self-effecting upon shareholder approval without further
action by the Company.

      2. If the name "Sensient Technologies Corporation" is not approved by the
shareholders, the use of the fictitious name shall cease and the Company shall
once again be referred to as "Universal Foods Corporation" without further
action by the Company.

      3. Section 7.1 of the Plan is hereby amended to delete "1st of February"
in the first line thereof and insert in its place "1st of May" so that the
annual award will follow the new Annual Meeting date.


      4. In all respects not inconsistent with the terms of this Amendment, the
Plan is hereby ratified, adopted, approved and confirmed.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment has been duly executed by the Company
as of the day and year first written above.

                                        UNIVERSAL FOODS CORPORATION d/b/a
                                        SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION


                                        By: /s/: Kenneth P. Manning
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                                            Kenneth P. Manning
                                            Chairman, President & Chief
                                            Executive Officer