On July 12th 2018, Lesaffre announced that it has purchased Delavau Food Partners, a leading innovator in baking ingredients based in North America. The transaction has closed on July 11th.
Delavau™ supplies formulation and fortification solutions to bakers. Through its ENCORE® line of baking products, Delavau™ is focused on enzyme based and other dough improvers for softness, shelf life, mold inhibition, dough relaxing and strength. It’s ACCENT® line of products give customers unique fortification options for their products. The combination will broaden capabilities using Delavau’s custom formulation and state-of-the-art Baking development center located adjacent to Rutgers University in Central New Jersey not far from New York City.