Human health & nutrition: natural, high performance products

The nutritional characteristics of all ingredients used in foodstuffs are a major concern for consumers.  As the world leader in yeast production, Lesaffre is committed to providing industrial companies with efficient, natural solutions to meet these expectations.

Yeast offers a wealth of benefits, being naturally rich in minerals, vitamins and amino acids.  Thanks to these factors, all of which are vital to the human organism, yeast plays a key nutritional role as part of the human diet.

The human health and nutrition division develops specific yeast-based products and yeast extracts aimed at meeting even the most demanding requirements.  Its know-how and its state of the art of knowledge of this micro-organism enables the Lesaffre group to operate as a key player in a wide range of markets:

• Nutritional supplements and functional food 
• Savoury flavourings and taste enhancers
• Flavor ingredients
• Nutriments for the biotechnology sector
• Cosmetics
• Clinical nutrition