CHR. HANSEN A/S

History

Year	Detail
1874	The company was established.
1878-1879	The company opened its new factory in the U.S.
1886	The company introduced junket tablet, a milk-based dessert.
1893	The company introduced its first starter cultures from microorganisms such as lactic acid bacteria.
1929	The company opened its new factory in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
1936	The company opened its new factory in Lubeck, Germany.
1976	The company opened an advanced cheese rennet factory in Denmark.
1978	The company has enetered into a new business of probiotics.
1979	The company was listed on the Copenhagen stock exchange.
1980	The company buit its first European factory dedicated to bacterial cultures at Roskilde, Denmark.
1984	The company introduced BB-12, one of the best-documented probiotic strains across the globe.
1985	The company unveiled R-604 pHage Control culture, one of the first single-strain cultures.
1989	The company introduced BioPlus 2B and NU-TRISH.
1993	The company launched VINIFLORA Oenos, one of the wine cultures for controlled malolactic fermentation during wine production.
1996	The company introduced CHY-MAX.
2000	The company introduced Easy-Set as a convenient alternative to their own in-house produced bulk starter cultures in the U.S.
2016	The company acquired LGG strain to capture the complete potential of the LGG brand across markets for dietary supplements, infant formula offerings, and pursuing new opportunities in dairy.
2022	The company launched VEGA SAFEPRO culture range for dairy and plant-based meat alternatives to keep plant-based alternative proteins safe and fresh for longer period.
2024	The company merged with Novozymes thereby creating Novonesis – a leading global biosolutions partner.