Lasaffre Buys Bakery Ingredients Firm DelavauLasaffre Buys Bakery Ingredients Firm Delavau

Milwaukee, WI-based commercial baking products provider Lesaffre Yeast Corporation recently acquired Delavau Food Partners, a manufacturer of baking, nutrional, and pharmaceutical ingredients serving customers in North America, a July 11 press release announced. 

“This acquisition will enhance our performance ingredient offering to the baking market. The addition of Delavau to our existing capabilities will bring together great expertise to generate value for our customers,” Tom Brenner, president and chief executive officer of Lasaffre, said in a statement. “Our teams are excited for this combination and the possibilities in creates.”

Delavau, headquartered in Philadelphia, PA, sells a range of formulation and fortification ingredients for commercial bakers, including its ENCORE brand of dough improvers and the ACCENT line of fortification products. The sale includes Delavau’s baking development center in central New Jersey. 

“This is an excellent opportunity for Delavau employees and customers,” Jeff Billig, vice president and general manager of Delavau said in the release. “Lasaffre is a company we respect, with a proven track record of success.”

Lasaffre Yeast Corporation is part of the French firm Lasaffre Group.

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