Lallemand Health Ingredients and Lal’Food Entities Merge

The new Lallemand Health Ingredients entity is dedicated to provide premium health ingredients to the dietary food supplements and food markets worldwide. Its product portfolio consists of three ranges of ingredients.

29 Mar 2010 --- With the objective of strengthening their global presence and serving the dietary food supplements and food markets better, Lallemand Health Ingredients (LHI) and Lal’Food have merged. In the new organisation, Nicolai Jensen continues as General Manager of the reinforced Lallemand Health Ingredients entity, and Bruno Delattre is the newly appointed Marketing Manager and has taken additional responsibilities on the Food markets.

The three ranges of the company’s portfolio, Herbals, Probiotics and Mineral & Vitamins enriched yeasts are supported by specialised technical and marketing managers.

The new Lallemand Health Ingredients entity is dedicated to provide premium health ingredients to the dietary food supplements and food markets worldwide. Its product portfolio consists of three ranges of ingredients:
 
• Herbals, in particular clinically-supported whole cranberry powder as well as a whole range of premium cranberry ingredients and other natural anti-oxidants sourced from trusted manufacturers.

• Minerals and vitamins enriched yeasts and other healthy yeasts derivatives, including the Lalmin range of bioavailable essential minerals.

• Probiotic species and blends, including Rosell probiotic bacteria strains and LAFTI documented strains recently acquired from DSM Food Specialties (available for dietary supplements and food applications except dairies).

Nicolai Jensen, General Manager of Lallemand Health Ingredients comments: “ Because of the many synergies between our two activities in terms of regulatory affairs, technical support, product management, operational marketing, logistic and sales, this fusion will benefit both markets and help us being closer to our customers, offering them strong product specific expertise.”

Lallemand Health Ingredients manages the sales and service of strategic ingredients including cranberry powder and extracts to the supplement and food industries. LHI works in close contact with customers to develop and formulate supplements and food products for a variety of health segments. This entails regulatory support, advice on choice of raw materials and positioning of products.