Bioprotection for foods and beverages
Protective starter cultures
SafePro® is a range of cultures specifically selected and developed to provide increased food safety through a positive flora of lactic acid bacteria.
How does Safepro® work?
Production of dairy products
Yogurt starter cultures
We offer a wide range of cultures for yogurt production – cow, goat, sheep, buffalo and plant-based yoghurt. The different series of starter cultures we offer allow production of yogurt with different viscosity to be produced – from low to extremely high. The cultures offer various flavors – from a very tender to a strong yogurt flavor.
Production of dairy products
Starter cultures for white brined cheese
Thanks to the use of direct starter cultures you can get cheese with different characteristics such as: milder, pronounced or spicy flavor, a hard or thicker consistency, easier shredding, less crushing or salt reduction. The cheese cultures are also suitable for application in any type of white brined cheese – cow, goat, sheep, buffalo, mixture, with or without vegetable fat.
Production of dairy products
Starter cultures for kashkaval
Kashkaval is a type of cheese that belongs to the Pasta Filata cheese group. These are the cheeses that refer to the stretched-curd cheeses, made famous in Italy. Such cheeses are made using a special
Bioprotection for foods and beverages
Starter cultures for bioprotection enabled by fermentation
Bioprotection is a natural way to protect against spoilage and harmful contamination in food. This not only helps you to keep your products fresh and safe, but also helps you to build and protect your
Production of dairy products
Starter cultures for ayran
For the producers of ayran we offer ayran starter cultures from Chr. Hansen that are intended for direct inoculation (DVS®).
Production of dairy products
Probiotic starter cultures
Probiotic cultures from Chr. Hansen’s probiotic range NU-TRISH® contain at least one probiotic strain with significant clinical documentation of health effects.
Production of dairy products
Starter cultures for butter and sour cream
The range of mesophilic cultures provides different flavor and viscosity profiles making it possible to produce fermented products with desired taste and texture.
Production of dairy products
Starter cultures for other fermented dairy products
Starter cultures for skyr, kefir and other fermented dairy products. Chr. Hansen offers a wide range of cultures for dairy production.
Production of dairy products
Starter cultures for ripening and other cheese types
Thanks to its long experience and committed experts in the field of starter cultures, Chr. Hansen can offer a wide range of starter cultures for different types of cheese, ripening cultures, bioprotective starter cultures and of course cheese rennet and other specialized enzyme solutions for cheese production.
Production of dairy products
Cheese coagulants
Chr. Hansen, now Novonesis, was the first company in the world that offer standardized animal rennet on the market in 1874. А century later, in 1989, CHY-MAX® was launched and set new standards. This is
Production of dairy products
Tests for antibiotics
Consumers want to be confident that their dairy products are safe, natural, healthy and free of contamination. Antibiotic residues in milk are a serious problem for human health. Chr. Hansen offers tests and equipment for food safety.
Production of meat products and prepared foods
Starter cultures for fast fermentation
Meat cultures play a key role for the safety of fermented sausages as they are responsible for the fermentation and subsequently increased drying of the sausages.
Production of meat products and prepared foods
Starter cultures for traditional fermentation
Meat starter cultures for traditional fermentation provides production of always the same meat products and a high level of food safety.
Wine and fermented beverages production
Malolactic wine bacteria
Viniflora® malolactic wine bacteria are malolactic starter cultures that manage the controlled process of malolactic fermentation in wine.
Bioprotection for foods and beverages
Wine bioprotection
Use wine bioprotection for your wine production – a natural way to inhibit microbial contaminants (yeast, mold and bacteria).
Meat and prepared foods
Salami and pepperoni
Safe solutions from Chr. Hansen for fermented meats – Salami and pepperoni. Raw, fermented sausages, such as Italian salami, Spanish chorizo, German salami, French saucisson sec, and so many more, which come out of the ancient technology of salting, curing, fermenting and drying to create a shelf-stable meat product.
Production of meat products and prepared foods
Production of fermented vegetables
Bactoferm® Vege-Start 60 – fermented vegetables Elevate the experience of enjoying traditionally fermented vegetables by gaining full control of fermentation with Bactoferm® Vege-Start 60. The culture converts the sugar present in the brine primarily into lactic acid,
Wine and fermented beverages production
Yeasts for alcoholic-free beer
SmartBev™ NEER® is a flavor-enhancing brewing solution for non-alcoholic beer based on yeasts. The specially isolated and selected strain used in NEER™ converts monosaccharides into specific and desirable flavor compounds, helping you produce a tasty beer
Wine and fermented beverages production
Wine yeasts
Uncover the complexity and full potential of the wine – pre-fermentation yeast will help bring out more of the flavor potential and will also influence the wine’s body. Why use wine yeasts: – Full use
Test and equipment
MilkSafe™antibiotic test kits
The MilkSafe™ range of high-quality tests for dairy antibiotic residues and equipment detects the most common antibiotic residues. All MilkSafe™ tests are validated by an external third-party laboratory (ILVO1). After incubating, you can interpret the results either
Test and equipment
Lactose test kits
LACTOSENS® R The LACTOSENS® R test is a direct assay on a biochip that very specifically measures lactose in mere minutes in milk and dairy products. The test could be used for measuring the lactose