Danisco Cultures doubles its freeze-drying capacity in France

Danisco announces it doubled the freeze-drying capacity of its Dangé-Saint-Romain French site to support the growth of the global market for ripening and protective direct vat inoculants (DVI).

The new set-up is fully operational and using best-in-class food safety standards.

The investment comes in addition to the recently announced 60 million euros ($81.56 million) that will be invested by Danisco to expand its cultures capacity worldwide.

The expansion is primarily focused at serving the dairy and meat markets with Choozit cheese ripening cultures, Texel maturation and surface cultures for meat and Holdbac protective cultures for fresh fermented dairy products.

The amount of the investment in Dangé Saint Romain is not disclosed.