Ministry of Agriculture: There is no shortage of fermented milk products in the Russian Federation

Dairy enterprises in the Russian Federation have sufficient reserves of raw materials for the production of bacterial starter cultures. In addition, these products continue to be supplied to Russia uninterruptedly; there are no difficulties with supplies, the Ministry of Agriculture reported on Saturday. This is how the department commented on reports from a number of media outlets that the largest manufacturer of starter cultures for cheeses and yoghurts, the Danish Hansen, is leaving the Russian market. Within a year, they plan to stop supplies to the Russian Federation, which provided 45% of the Russian market. At the same time, the Ministry of Agriculture stated that it is simultaneously stimulating domestic production of various food ingredients, including starter cultures. “Russia is currently implementing two investment projects to ...