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Lallemand Bio-Ingredients (LBI) belongs to the group of Lallemand Inc., a privately-held Canadian company, founded at the end of the 19th century, which specializes in the development, production and marketing of yeasts and bacteria. Today, Lallemand is present through plants, distribution centers or representative offices in 40 countries on the 5 continents.

LBI develops, manufactures and markets high-value yeast products from Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Torula yeast, including whole cell nutritional yeast, yeast extracts and yeast derivatives. The LBI business unit was initially formed in 1987 and the first products consisted of those sold for baking, nutritional, food and animal health applications. The product line grew to include mineral- and vitamin-rich yeasts and derivatives (extracts and cell wall products). 

Yeast is a unicellular fungus and even though botanically does not belong to the plant kingdom, from a nutrition and culinary perspective it fits in with the plant-based offer, including the suitability for vegan, vegetarian and of course flexitarian diets. Looking in depth into our portfolio, we could highlight different areas where we can support our customers to innovate and promote delicious plant-based meals. In the food industry we can use different yeasts. For inactivated yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Torula are the most commonly utilized. Whole cell inactive yeast and its derivatives, autolyzed yeast and yeast extracts, can add to the preparation of delicious plant-based meals by contributing with their multiple properties in different areas.

The LBI business now includes three application areas:

Savory: Lallemand Lyfe^® yeast extracts range contains peptides, free amino acids, nucleic acid and other compounds naturally present in yeast, which, just like seasonings, help to improve taste, bring out and balance flavors in food products. Among inactive yeasts, Lake States^® Torula is a specially grown Torula yeast with a unique flavor profile and water-binding, emulsifying capacity. Our ingredients are suitable for the plant-based nutrition.

Health: Lalmin^® mineral and vitamin yeasts are inactivated whole cell yeast products containing elevated levels of specific minerals and/or vitamins. Engevita^® is a premium nutritional yeast which can contribute to your recipe or application in many ways for taste, texture and nutritional value. Yesto-Seal^® are brewer’s yeast products which are specifically designed for tableting. All are suitable for plant-based applications

Industrial fermentation: Fermentation Nutrients Ingredients (FNI range) have been developed to boost the growth and yield in industrial fermentation. FNI products are mainly primary yeast peptone and autolysates which contain a high level of protein in the form of readily and easily assimilated amino acids and peptides.