Brazil-based ingredients producer Biorigin has announced that it will invest $3.5 million to expand its natural ingredient production plant in Louisville, US.
The investment will pay for the installation of new equipment at the Louisville plant, including a new fermenter which will begin operations in the first half of 2019.
According to the company, this will double the production capacity of the company’s Bioenhance ingredient line, which is produced through bacterial fermentation and is designed to enhance the flavour profile of savoury food products.
César Martins, Biorigin’s global operations manager: “The expansion project was elaborated with due care in order to reduce set-up in fermentation and to optimize the use of other industrial assets, therefore, increasing our production capacity of the Bioenhance line”.
Mario Steinmetz, Biorigin’s general manager: “These expansion initiatives were stimulated by the positive perspectives of the market, as well as by the trends related to health and well-being, which lead to an increasing search for natural, clean label, and non-GMO ingredients”.
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