Where the recommendation actually comes from
Two things sit behind every recommendation we send: a single European facility that has made LACTOFERM® cultures since 1978, and a dairy technologist who reads your production details before naming a culture. This page explains both, and the certifications your QA team will ask for.
What we do differently
Most ingredient suppliers optimize for order volume. We optimize for whether your product gets better — because that is what makes the relationship last.
BIOCHEM — Italy, since 1978
LACTOFERM® starter cultures are produced by BIOCHEM S.r.l. in Italy. The relationship matters for three practical reasons: the cultures are made in a single European facility under one quality system; the strain library is proprietary and stable, so lot-to-lot behavior is predictable; and technical questions go to people who have access to the people who made the culture.
ILOPLEKS Dairy is the North American technical partner for that portfolio — not a reseller passing inquiries upstream.
1978
Year BIOCHEM began producing dairy cultures in Italy
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European production facility, one quality system
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Culture families across the LACTOFERM® range
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Dairy applications supported end to end
The documentation your QA team will ask for
Vendor approval is usually the slowest part of switching supplier. Everything below is available on request, and we would rather send it before you ask than after.
What is real and what is placeholder
Real and working
- Full information architecture and navigation
- Catalog search and faceted filtering, shareable via the URL
- One product page per culture, reused across every application
- Consultation form with conditional logic, validation and draft recovery
- Culture replacement intake that hands the details to a technologist
- Open document library with an access split
- Responsive layouts, keyboard access, structured data
Placeholder, pending client data
- Product names, codes and technical characteristics
- Certificates, datasheets and downloadable documents
- Contact details, addresses and phone numbers
- Photography (currently technical diagrams and iconography)
- Form submission — simulated in the browser, no email is sent
Production stack per the PRD: WordPress CMS, HubSpot CRM (free tier), native or HubSpot forms, GA4 + Google Tag Manager, SMTP delivery. Every screen here maps to a reusable CMS template or block — nothing requires custom administration UI.