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About Cultures

Cultures Division produces, develops and markets starter cultures, media, coagulants and enzymes for cheese, fresh dairy and other food products. Responding to the current market trends for health & nutrition and food protection, the division is also a leading supplier of probiotic cultures widely used in the food, nutritional and dietary supplements markets as well as natural food protective solutions.  

Products

Meeting almost every need for fermented applications around the world, our product portfolio with far-reaching functionalities comprises:

• Lactic cultures for fresh fermented milk products and cheeses.
• Probiotic cultures.
• Surface-ripening and flavouring cheese cultures and enzymes.
• Meat ripening cultures
• Protective cultures and fermentates.
• Antimicrobials.
• Antioxidants.

Who are we?

Cultures is headed by President, Cultures and Sweeteners, Fabienne Saadane-Oaks.

The division is organised into four business units:

Dairy & Food Cultures	Patrick Veau
Food Protection	Stéphane Constant
Cheese Enymes Colour and New Market Development	Doug Willrett
Dietary Supplements	Scott Bush

Non-business unit members of Cultures Executive team

• Didier Carcano, Vice President Marketing Innovation 
• Egon Bech Hansen, Vice President Research & Development 
• Claus Gram Madsen, Vice President Finance 
• Pierre Cans, Vice President Industrial Operations
• Mariacecilia Londono, Director Latin America
• Siew-Lii Bong, Director Asia Pacific

Where are we located?

Cultures Division has sales offices located around Europe, North and South America, Asia and Australia and production and research facilities in France, Germany, Poland, Finland, UK, Denmark, USA, Guatemala and Colombia. The division is headquartered in Paris, France at: Danisco France SAS, 20 Rue Brunel, F-75017 Paris, France.

See our locations map for more information.