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DuPont starts production at new probiotic blending facility in Beijing
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Saturday, 27 July, 2013, 08 : 00 AM [IST]
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Beijing
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fiogf49gjkf0d DuPont Nutrition and Health has commenced production at its new state-of-the-art probiotic blending and packaging facility in Beijing, China. The site represents the company's first step in packaging probiotics into ready-to-market formats that allow it to offer its customers improved speed to market, quality and flexibility. The investment and capacity were not disclosed.
In 2011, DuPont purchased a food processing plant north of Beijing and converted it into a new cutting-edge probiotic blending and packaging site to serve dietary supplement and food and beverage customers globally, and more specifically in China and the Asia Pacific region. The investment is part of a global multi-year capacity expansion programme for cultures and probiotics in the United States, Europe and now in China.
“Probiotics is a fast-growing segment of our business and the industry is experiencing double-digit growth rates annually around the world and in China,” said Fabienne Saadane-Oaks, vice-president, health and protection, DuPont Nutrition and Health.
“As we continue to support the world’s growing population, this expansion allows us to custom blend and package high-quality probiotic products for our customers in the fast-growing dietary supplement and food and beverage industries close to our customers, where we want to be,” she said.
The new facility will allow customers to source ready-to-market brands of probiotic formulations, including Danisco, HOWARU Premium and FloraFIT Custom Probiotic. And with DuPont managing the process throughout, customers would be assured of the highest standards of food safety and quality.
“This expansion is a further reinforcement of DuPont's long-standing commitment to China, our customers and consumers. We are in action to help address some major challenges facing the world, among those is the need for nutritious and quality food, resulted from population growth and urbanisation,” Tony Su, president, DuPont Greater China, added.
The probiotic formulations offer unique improvements for digestive and immune health and other well-being benefits for the dietary supplement, dairy and beverage markets. Probiotic cultures will be sourced from the company’s North American and European sites.
The new facility in China will be able to custom blend the ingredients to meet the requirements of local customers. China is already a significant market for the YO-MIX dairy cultures from DuPont's Danisco range.
According to industry estimates, the market for probiotics globally totalled more than $32 billion in 2012. The total is expected to increase to $45 billion by 2018. More than 90 per cent of the total is attributed to food and beverage and dietary supplements.
DuPont has eight sites in China that provide a range of food ingredients, from emulsifiers, hydrocolloids (blended ingredients), enzymes and sweetener ingredients to food protection ingredients, soy protein, lecithin and fibre and molecular diagnostic solutions.
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