Danisco USA, Inc

Dairy Foods, Oct, 2004

Danisco USA Inc., New Century, KS, the local arm of global Danisco A/S, headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, is a knowledge-based company that values innovation and know how. The company has vast experience in predicting new food trends and works closely with dairy, food and beverage manufacturers to develop tailor-made ingredient solutions. In fact, the company's mission is straightforward: To accommodate consumer demand for healthy, safe and tasty foods.

The company is well on its way to accomplishing its goal of being the leading supplier of ingredients to the global food industry through organic growth, acquisitions, and research and development. On June 1, Danisco took control of Rhodia Food Ingredients. "Rhodia's talented and knowledgeable employees will contribute to the value creation at Danisco and help bolster our position in the ingredients market," says Danisco A/S CEO All DuchPedersen.

With the addition of Rhodia's food ingredients, Danisco's product platform has been considerably expanded, most notably within specialty products, which includes cultures, enzymes and food protectants. This is big news for the dairy industry, as Rhodia has been a leading dairy and cheese culture and enzyme supplier, as well as a world-leading producer of probiotic products. Overall, the new Danisco has an expanded product portfolio of competitive ingredient solutions.

"Danisco has a leading presence in bio-preservation. emulsifiers, flavorings, food enzymes, functional systems. starter cultures, sweeteners and textural ingredients," says Bob Mayer, Executive V.P. of Danisco A/S. "In fact, Danisco is the global leader in bio-preservatives, emulsifiers, functional systems and sweeteners."

Danisco USA, Inc.

201 New Century Parkway New Century, KS 66031-1113

Toll Free: 800/255-6837

Web: www.danisco.com