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FOR ACTIVE DRY BEER YEAST Raising the Standard Stéphane Meulemans Fermentis General Manager “The project is entirely dedicated to brewer’s yeast in the dry packaging phase, which is where there is the highest risk of contaminants coming in,” explains Stéphane Meulemans, General Ma- nager, Fermentis. “Our new facilities allow us to isolate production lines, close and clean them differently. We designed and installed a brand- new system that allows us to manage the pac- kaging lines in a unique way. As a result of this investment, possibility of foreign cells contaminating our brewing yeast.” AN EXCITING NEW INDUSTRY STANDARD Not ones to rest on our laurels, in 2024 we completed an exciting project at Algist Bruggeman, one of our major production plants in Ghent, Belgium. A team of experts from Fermentis, Lesaffre and Algist Bruggeman, working in partnership with independent contractors, was tasked with co-developing new state-of-the-art facilities, machinery and packaging lines with the goal of further improving our yeast’s microbiological quality. Raising the standard for active dry beer yeast means our customers can rely on Fermentis products to craft exceptional beers with consistent results now more than ever before. At Fermentis, quality and innovation are the two driving forces behind everything we do. We’re dedicated to the continual improvement of our product selection, as well as the development of new products and technologies to meet our customers’ ever-changing needs and requirements. For the past 20 years, we have worked hard to establish our position as the market leader of quality solutions for fermentation and beverage signature. Today, brewers across the globe trust Fermentis active dry yeast (ADY) to produce award-winning beers. In an independent survey* conducted in 2024, Fermentis SafAle™ and SafLager™ yeast strains were found to have the highest viable cell density specs with the lowest contaminant limits, making them the highest quality ADY products available on the market. Microbiological quality