The centre specialises in optimising starter culture performance in fresh-fermented dairy production. Yogurt and other fresh fermented dairy products are important drivers of the dairy market in Eastern Europe, where Euromonitor International forecasts value sales will grow 6% a year up to 2018.
Located in Kiev, Ukraine, the technical service centre will focus primarily on issues related to bacteriophages. These viruses impact the acidification performance of yogurt starter cultures and are a common cause of production failures or product quality issues. The centre will also work with basic microbial analyses.
“Efficient strategies against bacteriophage development are essential to ensure stable batch-to-batch production and premium quality products,” said Dmitrij Shulmeister, sales director SAFI South-Eastern Europe & Balkans, DuPont Nutrition & Health. “In addition to routine analyses of customers’ product samples, our application specialists can identify the optimum starter cultures for use in rotary combinations and provide prompt assistance when bacteriophage issues arise.”
DuPont has similar technical service centres in place in France, China and the US. The new centre in Kiev is another step in completing the global network of regional outposts.
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