Fermented foods and beverages have been around for thousands of years and are enjoying new interest from consumers looking for a healthy lifestyle and natural products. We all recognize kimchi, sauerkraut and wine as fermented products; however, there are less obvious examples such as coffee and cocoa beans, miso or vinegar. What is fermentation? How does food change?...
How do consumers evaluate and choose food and health products? Will there be a food revolution soon? In a period of change, Chr.Hansen is working hard to ensure that food manufacturers and end-users, both of them, continue to receive the maximum benefits and benefits from our products. The ability to bring innovative solutions and technologies to...
Recently, awareness and knowledge of the strength of good bacteria have increased. The world also understands the impact that they may have on some of the major challenges we face. Among them are discarding food, overuse of antibiotics and the need for sustainable agricultural sector to feed the growing world population, while preserving our planet for future...
The new FreshQ® cultures offer an alternative to even more chemicals and artificial preservatives than the first generation With Chr. Hansen’s second generation FreshQ®, more dairies can rely on natural freshness and contribute to reducing food waste Since global bioscience company Chr. Hansen first launched its FreshQ® portfolio some five years ago, it has swept across the...
Chr. Hansen’s new milk-free cultures for plant based alternatives bring the mild, fresh taste and smooth texture. The market for fermented dairy alternatives has shown strong growth in recent years albeit from a small base. Today the segment constitutes less than 1% of the fermented foods market but it has seen the highest growth rates...
Topping the 2019 global index of the 100 most sustainable companies, as announced during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland One month short of its official 145th anniversary, global bioscience company Chr. Hansen is ranked the most sustainable company in the world by Corporate Knights, a specialized Toronto-based media and investment research firm....
From bone broth to grass-fed dairy, trends which start in the natural food market have the potential to move to the mainstream faster than ever before. Conventional retailers seek to get a bigger slice of the action in natural and organic foods, says a new report from investment banking firm Silverwood Partners. According to...
Pre-salting is an old technique that was used to protect the meat against spoilage and maintain or even increase the water binding capacity in all the kind of emulsified and cooked products. However there was a huge disadvantage of that solution – the microbiology of the product was out of control.
Meat cultures from Chr. Hansen have a long track record of delivering on these aspects and Bactoflavor® Flora Italia is no different. Actually, the extensive scanning of series of strains identified a strain combination that was better than most of the meat cultures presently offered to the meat industry.
Research on the human microbiome has exploded in recent years revealing it to be of major importance for human health and disease, creating opportunities for development of next generation probiotics. That is why Chr. Hansen is proud to announce that we have now expanded our world class strain library of potential microbiome modulating strains.
