For more than 170 years, Lesaffre has been mastering and pushing the limits of fermentation. Pioneer and global leader, we generate 3.2€ billion in revenue, operate on every continent, and employ 11,700 people from more than 100 different nationalities.
We harness the infinite potential of microorganisms to design and produce sustainable solutions that meet our customers’ needs across our 3 business areas: Food / Health / Biotech.
Together with our customers and stakeholders, we harness research and innovation to unlock new possibilities – driven by one shared conviction: fermentation enables us to better nourish and protect the planet.
We are Lesaffre: Fermentation. Unlimited.
Solutions distributed in 180 countries
65 applied
science centers
700
R,D&I Experts
Based in more
than 55 countries
80
production sites
Lesaffre’s ambition is to use fermentation every day for a healthier and more sustainable world. At Leaf and Lesaffre, we push our limits with passion to explore the infinite potential of microorganisms and fermentation.
The Group’s mission “Working together to better nourish and protect the planet” structures its commitments around three pillars:
caring about people
The human being is at the heart of our business. Respect, trust, and safety guide our relationships with our employees and all other players in our environment.
Being a key global player in fermentation for more than a century, we work to find ever more relevant answers to the needs of food, health, and respect for our environment. Lesaffre activities are indeed dedicated to better nourish and protect the planet.
Caring about the environment
Our activities are part of an obvious eco-system. We produce with the will to reduce our impact on the environment: energy savings, treatment of our wastewater, reduction, or reconversion of our waste.
For over 170 years, Lesaffre has been working with passion and expertise on the formidable properties of fermentation. From alcohol production in 1853, Lesaffre expanded its areas of expertise to new markets: baking and food, then health and well-being and more recently biotechnology. The range of microorganisms it works with has enriched over the years, as has the company’s geographical footprint. This expansion has been possible thanks to the strong and long-lasting relationships built with partners. In each region, Lesaffre has grown along with its customers and distributors and incorporates both a global reach and a local sensibility into its personalized customer-oriented approach.
As a business unit of Lesaffre, our supply chain relies on the Group’s global presence and local expertise to provide customers with the best products and services possible. With a large production network across the planet, we can guarantee proximity, anticipate potential challenges, and react quickly. Our dedicated customer service specialists, supported by modern digital tools, provide excellent service, track shipments through to final delivery and guarantee service continuity. Every order we deliver carries our commitment for on-time, in full, high-performance products, with a competitive price.
For over a century, Lesaffre has been honing its skills and forging unparalleled expertise in developing the highest quality fermentation products. With decades of experience and a multi-local presence, the Group has the global reach and local awareness to provide services tailored to each customer’s specific needs. Today, two-thirds of Lesaffre’s employees work in its 80 manufacturing facilities, producing thousands of tons of yeast every day for distribution around the world.
As part of Lesaffre, optimizing our processes while reducing our environmental impact is at the heart of our daily actions. That is why Lesaffre has introduced and implemented a policy for managing and improving its industrial facilities, with a focus on sustainable development and environmental responsibility. For instance, this environmental policy allowed the Group to return up to 83% of the water consumed in its manufacturing processes to nature after treatment.
Whatever the end use of the microorganisms or fermentation products, their production is supported by Leaf and Lesaffre’s advanced technical expertise and global control and assurance quality policy. The management program deployed in all subsidiaries, and supported by Lesaffre’s control laboratories, meets the most stringent requirements, and enables us to produce stable and consistent products, while ensuring product traceability and optimal levels of health and quality.
“We are constantly developing our systems and procedures to meet the most stringent quality regulations. Our methods are standardized, so that the quality, stability, and performance of our products are the same in all regions of the world. Quality isn’t a demonstration. It is a propensity. Good quality, High performance!”
Julie,
Group quality engineer
in charge of Leaf activities
