DuPont has new technical centre in Kiev

DuPont Nutrition & Health expands its global network with the opening of a technical service centre in Kiev, Ukraine.

The new site will specialise in optimising starter culture performance in fresh fermented dairy production, particularly focusing on issues relating to bacteriophages. These viruses impact the acidification performance of yoghurt starter cultures and are a common cause of production failures or product quality concerns. The centre will also work with basic microbial analyses.

“Efficient strategies against bacteriophage development are essential to ensure stable batch-to-batch production and premium quality products,” said Dmitrij Shulmeister, sales director SAFI South-Eastern Europe & Balkans, DuPont Nutrition & Health. “In addition to routine analyses of customers’ product samples, our application specialists can identify the optimum starter cultures for use in rotary combinations and provide prompt assistance when bacteriophage issues arise.”

Sales of dairy products in Eastern Europe are expected to grow by 6% annually up to 2018, according to Euromonitor International.