Leading Probiotics Forward 

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The turn of the 21st century witnessed a steady increase in Lallemand’s global reach, with the company constantly setting its sight on new markets, solidifying its presence in the plant care, human and animal nutrition and health and bioethanol sectors. Lallemand was born as a family-owned company and has proudly stayed as such. In 1952, Roland Chagnon acquired the Lallemand business with the support of his brother Marcel Chagnon, establishing a change in its ownership that still stands today. His son, Jean Chagnon, took office in 1981, and developed a medium-sized business into one of the leaders in the international yeast and bacteria markets. Since 2015, the company is led by the third generation of the Chagnon family, with Antoine Chagnon at the helm, and his brother Frédéric Chagnon, who heads the fast-growing Plant Care business unit. 

Today, Lallemand is a global leader in developing, producing, and marketing yeast, bacteria, fungi, and their derivatives. The company has a proprietary bank of microorganisms that includes thousands of strains of microorganisms. With the goal of managing and optimizing natural fermentation processes, Lallemand offers to its customers the precise microorganism or derivative that fits their unique needs, but also the support, knowledge, and expertise that come with more than 160 years of continuous manufacturing, research, and development in this field. 

The company is organized into technically driven business units, focusing on various applications, under the direction of Bill Nankervis, the Chief Operating Officer.  

The History of Lallemand Health Solutions

Lallemand Health Solutions is a leading probiotic manufacturer with over 90 years of expertise in developing, producing, and marketing probiotics. The company has a rich history of innovation and excellence, starting from 1934, when Dr. José-Maria Rosell, an eminent physician and bacteriologist founded the Rosell institute in Montreal, Canada. The institute was later further developed by Prof. Édouard Brochu and became internationally recognized for its probiotic strains.

In 1988, Lallemand acquired a bacterial Pharma GMP production plant in Saint-Simon, France, which was authorized to produce human medicinal products.

Ten years later, in 1998, Lallemand also acquired the Rosell institute, and consolidated its research and development capabilities. The same year, Mr. Marcel Dubois and Dr. Francine Mondou founded Harmonium, a bacterial production plant in Mirabel, Canada.

It was only in 2011 that Lallemand acquired Harmonium, along with another bacterial production plant, now known as Perfeclab, in Quebec, Canada.

In 2012, Lallemand created a new business unit, Lallemand Health Solutions, dedicated to the development and production of probiotic supplements for human health. Lallemand had reinforced its strengths by bringing together the Rosell Institute for its strains and research and development expertise, and Harmonium, recognized internationally for its unmatched production agility to deliver complex probiotic formulas.

In 2021, in addition to all production licenses and certifications acquired to that date, the Saint-Simon plant extended its pharma manufacturer’s authorization to human investigational medicinal products.

In 2022, Lallemand Health Solutions inaugurated Harmonium 2, its new cutting-edge 11,000 square meter plant, designed and built from internal collective know-how on operational excellence and expertise in good manufacturing practices.

In 2023, Lallemand Health Solutions leveraged all assets of a vertically integrated trustworthy company to launch Expert’Biome™ CDMO by Lallemand, with the aim to create the next generation of probiotics and live biotherapeutics.

The same year Lallemand Health Solutions acquires Dietary Pros Inc., US-based contract manufacturer, from its founder and CEO Dennis Drager. Dietary Pros, is a company with a well-established position as a full-service contract manufacturer, specializing in the formulation and supply of probiotic solutions to its customers in the supplement and nutraceutical sectors.