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DuPont expands probiotics capacity in Rochester

by Melody M. Bomgardner
April 5, 2019 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 97, Issue 14

 

A photo of DuPont's facility in Rochester, New York, where probiotics are made.
Credit: DuPont
DuPont's probiotics facility in Rochester, New York

DuPont has added a probiotics fermentation unit at its Rochester, New York, plant, making the site the world’s largest probiotics facility, the company says. The project is part of a $100 million DuPont investment to expand output of probiotics for the fast-growing dietary supplement, food, and beverage markets. The focus of the new unit is bacteria that are potent, stable, and efficacious, DuPont says. It completed an expansion in Madison, Wisconsin, last year.

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