DuPont Nutrition & Health has announced the opening of a new technical service center in Kiev, Ukraine, in a move to support dairy manufacturers in the Eastern European market.
The new center, which is an addition to the company's global service network, will be specialized on optimizing starter culture performance in fresh fermented dairy production.
It will focus on issues related to bacteriophages, the viruses which impact the acidification performance of yogurt starter cultures and are considered to be a common cause of production failures or product quality issues.
DuPont Nutrition & Health South-Eastern Europe & Balkans SAFI sales director Dmitrij Shulmeister said efficient strategies against bacteriophage development are essential to ensure stable batch-to-batch production and premium quality products.
"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," Shulmeister noted.
DuPont operates similar technical service centers in France, China and the US.
