The global food industry is experiencing strong demand for safe, healthy, tasty and natural products with fewer additives – but also demands for excellent shelf life and sustainable production/distribution ensuring that food does not go to waste in the process.

What if you, as a producer, could extend shelf life and keep your dairy products fresh longer? In an all-natural way?

You can! Through Bioprotection – the art of using natural microbial food cultures to inhibit unwanted contaminants to prevent food spoilage and enhance food safety.

Chr. Hansen has successful bioprotective cultures on the market as a solution, which is based on ancient principles in food production: Fermentation. Referred to as FreshQ^®, they are natural food cultures selected especially to protect dairy products.

Attacks on several fronts

In short, bioprotective cultures work by a combination of mechanisms that attack harmful microorganisms in the dairy product. Such attacks may include:

* ”Eating their food”: Good and bad bacteria compete for the same nutrients that are naturally available in the yogurt

* Outnumbering them in the fierce competition for space

* Attacking them with natural metabolites that are produced during the normal fermentation process

* ”Sending signals” in their cell-to-cell communication that affect or prevent other species from spreading.

This means that good bacteria are nature’s way of keeping our food safe and fresh – for a long time.

Or in short: ”Keep it Great!”

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With more than 140 years of experience in starter cultures for dairy products, Chr. Hansen offers a wide range of cultures for fermented dairy products and solutions for many specialized dairy product categories. Thanks to innovation and continuous two-way relationship with customers Chr. Hansen can offer convenience and consistent quality of its products.

Some of the popular dairy products for which we can offer starter cultures from Chr. Hansen are:

Skyr

Skyr is a traditional dairy product from Iceland. It is made from fermented and concentrated milk. In addition to its silky texture Skyr attracts with its innovative and modern nutritional profile – high protein content, low fat and low carbohydrate content. The traditional Icelandic recipe is enjoying a growing demand all over the world in recent years.

Nutritional values of Skyr:

• About 11% of proteins
• 3% carbohydrates
• 0.2% fat
• High in content of calcium and vitamins, which are naturally found in dairy products.

Chr. Hansen has developed excellent solutions to support you in the production of authentic Skyr. If you are interested, please contact us.

Kefir

Kefir is a fermented milk product made by a complex mixture of lactic acid bacteria and yeast.

It is traditionally made with Kefir grains originated from Caucasus mountains and is consumed plain with no aromas or flavors added.

Originating from Eastern Europe, Kefir is now gaining ground as a new global trend. If you want to become part of the new trend in the dairy market, we offer an unique solution from Chr. Hansen – eXact® Kefir12, which is unique because it contains 12 live bacteria. In combination with Yoflex® cultures, it reinvents the kefir category with tasty FeelGood kefir with 14 live bacteria.

The benefits of FeelGood Kefir are:

• A product with a strong heritage
• Naturally healthy
• FeelGood Kefir is a “super” version of kefir with 14 live bacteria
• Delicious flavor
• Smooth and soft texture
• Clean label

Read more about the Kefir starter culture here in our next topic.

Starter cultures for direct inoculation are sold for direct inoculation into processed milk such as frozen pellets or as lyophilized granules. The main advantages from the use of starter cultures from direct inoculation are:

1. Convenience and cost reduction
2. Security
3. Consistent action
4. Flexibility
5. New and interesting cultures

For more information about the products from this category, you can contact the representatives of Chr. Hansen in Bulgaria:

eng. Ivaylo Tonev, dkivt@chr-hansen.com  

eng. Dejan Ristov, dkdri@chr-hansen.com    

or us:

office@admix.bg, tel.: +359 2 938 51 05   

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