Lesaffre Egypt
Working together to better nourish and protect the planet
Working together to better nourish and protect the planet
Lesaffre Egypt, Is a subsidiary of Lesaffre and is 100% owned by the holding company with Lesaffre Egypt for yeasts industry is an Egyptian joint stock company for producing baking yeasts and yeasts extract. Lesaffre Egypt is part of Lesaffre Middle East and Central Asia baking region and its manages all baking products and service of Lesaffre in Egypt.
Yeasts can be considered man’s oldest industrial microorganism with research showing bread and bread making instruments being used in ancient Egypt. Archaeologists excavating in Egyptian ruins found grinding stones and baking chambers as well as drawings of 4,000 year old bakeries and breweries.
A bakery staple, Yeast contains primitive fermentation-derived fungal cells. Such yeast activity creates carbon dioxide that provides leavening and enhances the taste of the final product. The three distinct forms of yeast in terms of degree of moisture content are dry yeast, compressed yeast, and cream yeast.
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Our Baking Center™ Network launched with a single technical facility in 1974
At the time, we aspired to be true partners for our clients, acting as reliable experts in the sector and innovation leaders. Over the years, the technical support we offer has expanded with teams of experienced, multicultural technicians capable of pinpointing the needs and particular features of every country they work in.
Today, our network comprises 51 facilities around the world. We aim to encourage autonomy by training technical advisors, formulators, sales managers and everyone who needs to understand baking.
A key global player in fermentation for more than a century, Lesaffre, with a €3 billion turnover, established on all continents, counts 11,000 employees and 96 nationalities.
On the strength of this experience and diversity, we work with customers, partners, and researchers to find ever more relevant answers to the needs of food, health, naturalness and respect for our environment. Thus, every day, we explore and reveal the infinite potential of microorganisms.
To nourish 9 billion people, in a healthy way, in 2050 by making the most of our planet’s resources is a major and unprecedented issue. We believe that fermentation is one of the most promising answers to this challenge.
Expert and troubleshooting and advisement on various problems and ramification of the activity.
To address individual clients’ unique requirements.
Provision of seminars and training for overall skills improvement.
