Genencor Announces Increased Saccharification Enzyme Prices for the US Fuel Ethanol Market 

21/09/07 Genencor, a division of Danisco A/S, has announced that as a result of sharply increased raw material and energy prices, it is increasing its prices for its saccharification product line by 10-15% effective October 15th, 2007 and as current contracts expire.

Danisco said in a statement, “Over the past two years prices of dextrose and energy have increased at double digit rates. While we have mitigated some of the impact through our continuous improvement efforts, we cannot offset the entire effect.”

Brian Carter, vice president for grain processing, stated: “we cannot preclude the possibility of further increases in the first half of 2008.”

Meanwhile the company announced that the Danisco Award 2007 goes to Professor Niels Christian Nielsen of the University of Aarhus. He receives the Award along with DKK 250,000 for his strong international research profile, particularly in food-related issues and his huge efforts to establish the NanoFood consortium.

His research covers nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, and as Director of the Danish National Research Foundation’s Center for Insoluble Protein Structures he develops methods for structural and functional analysis of membrane proteins, fibrils and protein aggregates. The centre is closely integrated with the nanoscience centre iNANO and the NanoFood consortium, where he worked hard to establish a research platform for the food area.

Danisco said that the award is an acknowledgement of his introduction of advanced, scientific and entirely new methods of characterisation and measuring of food components as well as food intake in living organisms.