Dairy
PRODUCTS IN STEP WITH MODERN TRENDS
In search of a more authentic experience, consumers have never cooked so much. Butter and cream have become the culinary “must haves” of their homemade dishes! Asset of their healthy and delicious eating, Elle & Vire offers a wide range of dairy products coming from its Norman know-how.
In Food service, we produce cream and butter leading brands for gastronomy and bakery/pastry professionals such as Corman, Lescure or Elle & Vire Professionnel. These products are particularly appreciated by chefs, especially in Asia where the market is very dynamic!
DAIRY INGREDIENTS WITH A RANGE OF BENEFITS
Through its Armor subsidiary, Savencia Fromage & Dairy is involved at the cutting edge of the dairy ingredients market. Milk is a major source of nutritional ingredients, which Armor enhances and provides to the food, nutrition and health industries.
This cluster includes five subsidiaries: Armor Protéines for functional and nutritional dairy ingredients; Armor Pharma for pharmaceutical lactose; Sodilac for infant nutrition; Elvor for young animal nutrition and Cheese Ingredients providing ingredients for cheese.
A SPECIALIST IN FUNCTIONAL AND NUTRITIONAL INGREDIENTS
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On average, 1 liter of cow milk contains 900 g of water – 45 to 50g of lactose (a carbohydrate) – 35 to 40g of fat – 27 to 30g of casein (a protein) – 3 to 4g of soluble proteins – 8 to 10g of minerals (mainly calcium, potassium, phosphorus, sodium) – vitamins A, D, E, K, B2, B3, B12.
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Cream is manufactured by centrifugation of the fat content of milk. What remains is thin skim milk.
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To produce cheese, the milk is separated into 2 components: curd, produced by coagulation of milk casein, which after draining will become cheese, and milk whey, produced by the draining.
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Milk whey comprises 94% of water, 4 to 5% of lactose, soluble proteins and mineral salts.
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New technologies make it possible to extract its main components and use them to formulate very elaborate nutritional and functional products.