Chr. Hansen Invests In New Manufacturing Facilities To Prepare For Probiotics Market Growth

Determined to ride the global probiotics wave – the market will expand 6.8 percent annually through 2018 – Danish food ingredients producer Chr. Hansen announced it is building a freeze-drying plant in Denmark to produce probiotic cultures for dietary supplements. The new facility will relieve production pressure on other manufacturing plants, freeing them to focus solely on human health products and food cultures. Expected to open in spring 2014, the new plant will be the world’s largest freeze-drying factory for pharmaceutical grade probiotic cultures, the company said.