IDM | News/Marketplace Chr. Hansen has acquired the LGG branded probiotic bifidibacteria culture business from Valio for €73m. Alongside Chr. Hansen’s own BB-12 strain, the Lactobacillus rhamnosus (protected under the trademark LGG) is the best documented probiotic strain in the world. It has been used in food and dietary supplements since 1990 and has a proven beneficial effect on the gastrointestinal and immune system. Cees de Jong, CEO of Chr. Hansen Holding A/S, says: “One of the ambitions in our Nature’s No. 1 strategy is to expand our current business within microbial solutions for human health. The LGG® strain and our own probiotic strain BB- 12 are the best documented probiotic strains in the world and the acquisition allows us to capture the full potential of the LGG brand across markets for dietary supplements and infant formula offerings, as well as pursuing new opportunities in dairy.” 44 · 10 2016 | international-dairy.com photo: Chr. Hansen MARKETPLACE Probiotics Chr. Hansen acquires LGG Sausage Hanging Line – fully automatic, flexible, efficient KARL SCHNELL Designed for use in industrial cheese sausage production, the completely new developed KS Sausage Hanging Line offers a high level of reliability for optimum production. The modular system, consisting of filling machine, portioning and linking device with hanging device is operated and controlled via the KS Vacuum Filler. All production parameters can be called up and controlled comfortably. Thanks to the fully automatic filling process with subsequent fully automatic change of casings, efficient operation is guaranteed. The KS Hanging Line can be used flexibly. Processed cheese sausages can be produced in a variety of lengths and calibres – always with high length and weight accuracy. Casing end recognition, split casing monitoring, a generously dimensioned casing slug storage and short casing changing times ensure efficient production and high product quality. The KS Sausage Hanging Line provides process reliability, quality and lasting value and thus a value enhancement for the operator. karlschnell.de Chr. Hansen has been the largest producer of LGG products for human dietary and infant formula for more than 10 years. Apart from acquiring the full rights to the strain, Chr. Hansen also takes over a number of specialty strains already in production and a bacterial strain collection of around 3,200 strains.
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