Chr. Hansen upgrades centre for colouring foodstuffs in Italy

In line with its strategy to be Nature’s No. 1, Chr. Hansen is beefing up its manufacturing capabilities for food ingredients with colouring properties. The company recently inaugurated its plant in Canossa, Italy, which underwent improvements in processing, warehousing and laboratory. This is only one of several developments underway.

“We have been offering colouring foodstuffs as part of our natural colours portfolio for years, but now we have launched a new strategy under the headline Nature’s No. 1 that accentuates the importance of natural solutions in all our business areas. We are pressing ahead full speed developing and launching new natural solutions and our centrally located plant is well equipped for future growth within our popular FruitMax^? range and other natural colour solutions,” according to Carsten Bennike, EVP, Natural Colors Division.

During the inauguration Mr Bennike also said that further plans are in place to continue upgrading the manufacturing capabilities over the next years including a new pilot plant during 2014.

“We have great expectations to the success in the market of our colouring foodstuff assortment. We have developed a full range of solutions that are fully compliant with the new EU Guidance Notes on colouring foodstuffs published in December, and this investment demonstrates that we consider the Canossa site a key building block in the Chr. Hansen manufacturing network for the Natural Colors Division.”

Chr. Hansen estimates the global market for coloring foodstuffs to be growing rapidly at a rate of 10-15% per year. (Photo courtesy of Chr. Hansen)

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