Sustainability with 'SuperFreezer'

Chr. Hansen's partnership with a major global dairy customer in Brazil has resulted in a streamlined and sustainable supply chain, significantly reducing transportation costs and environmental impact.

"We were invited by our customer to come up with feasible ideas for reducing costs in the supply chain for frozen cultures. The result is a so-called SuperFreezer, which is a special transportation container working as a cold chamber with a constant temperature of minus 60 deg C," said Sten Estrup, regional VP, South America.

The SuperFreezer is said to ensure the final product quality during the processes of sea transport, storage and handling of frozen cultures, reducing the operational complexity and optimizing the costs, as it benefits the environment.

Preliminary calculations show that just one shipment in a SuperFreezer container consisting of nine tons of frozen cultures reduces CO2 emissions by as much as 202 tons compared to air freight, equal to the emissions of 20 households per year.