Our core business

Food Ingredients

  • Revenue DKK 9.2 billion – around 67% of group revenue
  • EBIT margin 14.6%

Danisco is a world leader in bio-based ingredients that deliver safe and healthy solutions to a wide range of food and beverage products.

We hold leading positions within cultures, emulsifiers, gums & systems and natural sweeteners through close partnerships with the world’s food manufacturers.

Key applications include dairy, baking, ice cream, beverages, confectionery, dietary supplements and chewing gum. Danisco’s Food Ingredients business is organised into three divisions and reporting segments – Enablers, Cultures and Sweeteners.

Our BioActives cluster encompasses the Cultures and Sweeteners businesses as well as our group-wide health & nutrition activities.

Learn about our food ingredients: Facts about ingredients.

Industrial enzymes – Genencor

  • Revenue DKK 4.5 billion – around 33% of group revenue
  • EBIT margin 13.5% (14.6% before Bio Chemicals Projects)

Genencor is a world leader in industrial biotechnology that helps customers improve their performance and environmental footprint.

We are the second-largest global developer and manufacturer of industrial enzymes, partnering with blue-chip global leaders in a wide range of industries.

  • Fabric & Household Care: for example, enzymes for detergents and dishwashing
  • Technical Enzymes: for example, enzymes for bioethanol and carbohydrate processing as well as textile treatment
  • Food and Animal Nutrition: for example, enzymes for bread, feed and brewing applications

We envision that in the near future biorefineries will take their place alongside oil refineries to produce renewable energy and bio-based chemicals.

Genencor is already leveraging its core competencies through several collaborations, including one with Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company on the development of BioIsoprene™ and a joint venture called DDCE with DuPont on the development of integrated solutions in second-generation bioethanol.

Danisco has made sizeable financial commitments to these two collaborations.

Learn more about our industrial enzymes.

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