The Institute for Meat and Dairy Industry offers starter cultures for preparing fermented milk products at home. A line of starter cultures for home use is produced by the Institute under the Lov&Co brand.

The line includes 5 types of starter cultures - for yogurt, bio-yogurt, curdled milk, cottage cheese and bio-product.
To prepare fermented milk products, you only need milk and an appropriate starter culture.

The culrures are produced on the basis of only domestic strains of microorganisms using high-tech technologies developed in the Republic of Belarus.

To ensure the production of bacterial starter cultures, a Republican collection of industrial strains of starter cultures and their bacteriophages of the Republican Unitary Enterprise “Institute for Meat and Dairy Industry”, declared a National Treasure (Resolution of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus dated December 19, 2016 No. 1043), was created on the basis of the Institute.

The Institute’s activities are aimed at improving and scientific support of the dairy and meat industry of the Republic of Belarus and include the following main areas:

- Development of new types of meat and dairy products, resource- and energy-saving, innovative and import-substituting technologies for the production of dairy and meat products.

- Development and improvement of technologies for the production of bacterial starters for the dairy industry and biopreservatives for the agricultural sector, functional, specialized, and baby food products.

- Production of dry and frozen starter cultures and biopreservatives for the processing industry and agro-industrial complex.

- Ensuring the functioning and development of the Republican collection of industrial strains of starter cultures and their bacteriophages - the national treasure of the Republic of Belarus (Resolution of the Council of Ministers of December 19, 2016 No. 1043).

- Testing raw materials and finished products for quality and safety indicators.

- Development of technical regulatory legal acts and technological documentation harmonized with international requirements in the field of standardization and regulation in the meat and dairy industries.

- Development of new technologies and means of sanitary processing of technological equipment and production premises.

- Development of modern organizational and economic approaches and mechanisms aimed at increasing the efficiency and competitiveness of the meat and dairy industries.

- Organizing and conducting scientific and practical events, training courses aimed at improving the professional skills and knowledge of enterprise workers.

- Scientific and technological support for the development and modernization of the meat and dairy industries, provision of scientific, methodological and consulting assistance.

Scientific research carried out by the Institute is relevant, reflects the real needs of the meat and dairy industry and is aimed at reducing resource consumption, import substitution, increasing the biological value of products, and expanding their range. The Institute is one of the leading enterprises in the development of technologies and new types of products for the meat and dairy industries.

- Quality management system in accordance with the requirements of STB ISO 9001-2015
- Food safety management system based on hazard analysis and critical control points (HACCP system) in accordance with the requirements of STB 1470-2012
- Halal system in compliance with UAE.S GSO 2055-1:2015

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