SACCO and Jebsen & Jessen announce partnership in Asia

SACCO S.r.l. Cadorago, Italy and Jebsen & Jessen Ingredients announced a new partnership that will see Sacco’s Dairy culture and probiotic dairy products distributed exclusively by Jebsen & Jessen Ingredients in Thailand, Myanmar, Indonesia, Cambodia, Malaysia, and the Philippines.

Led by Luigi Rossi, Dairy Business Unit Export Director, Sacco Srl, and Marc Deschamps, Regional Managing Director & CEO of Jebsen & Jessen Ingredients – the contract signing took place at the annual Food Ingredients ASIA, in BITEC Bangna, Bangkok, Thailand, on September 12, 2019.

Standing (left to right) Colin Whitehouse, Regional Sales Director Consumer Industries - Food. Jebsen & Jessen Ingredients; Graham Sutherland, Sales & Applications Area Manager. Sacco S.r.l.; Paul Chan, Managing Director, Jebsen & Jessen Ingredients (T) Ltd; Sitting (left to right) Marc Deschamps, Regional Managing Director & CEO, Jebsen & Jessen Ingredients and Luigi Rossi, Dairy Business Unit Export Director, Sacco S.r.l.

This partnership adds to the success of a previous agreement between Jebsen & Jessen Ingredients and Sacco in China. In South East Asia the new agreement will leverage the combined strength of Jebsen & Jessen Ingredients’ distribution service and Sacco’s product portfolio to bring outstanding products and solutions to the region’s growing Yoghurt industry.

“Jebsen & Jessen Ingredient’s deep expertise in specialty ingredients distribution and customer support is a perfect fit. We are excited to be expanding our involvement in South East Asia through this new partnership to provide our customers better access to Sacco’s product lines,” said Luigi.

Marc Deschamps, Regional Managing Director & CEO of Jebsen & Jessen Ingredients also commented on the partnership. “We are very happy to bring over 80 years of Sacco culture development in Europe to the region where we can use our strong distribution experience to help drive the regions yogurt market.”