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

Published 2024년 5월 20일

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The Russian Ministry of Agriculture has confirmed that the country's dairy enterprises have adequate supplies of bacterial starter cultures for production, despite reports of withdrawal of these products from the market by the major supplier, Hansen, a Danish company. The Ministry has assured that there are no supply issues and is actively promoting domestic production of food ingredients, including starter cultures. The ministry is also investing in the establishment of biofactories in the Yaroslavl and Moscow regions, which are expected to be completed by 2025.

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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 ...

Source: Milknews