DuPont completes construction on probiotics fermentation facility
The unit was designed to meet growing consumer demand for probiotics.
DuPont Nutrition & Health, Copenhagen, Denmark, said it completed construction on a new state-of-the-art probiotics fermentation unit at its Rochester, N.Y., facility. The unit, now the largest of its kind in the world, is part of a multiphase, nearly $100 million investment to expand DuPont’s probiotics capacity.
DuPont said the fermentation unit is fully operational and will serve as a resource in propagating bacteria and enabling high potency, stability and efficacy of probiotics. The unit will also optimize DuPont’s production capability, enabling the company to increase the pace of delivery to customers and the market.