- Red Star Yeast
Infobox Company
name = Red Star Yeast Company, LLC
type = Private (joint venture ofLesaffre Yeast Corporation andArcher Daniels Midland Company
location_city =Milwaukee, Wisconsin
foundation = 2004
location_country = U.S.
area_served =North America
industry =Baking ,Brewing
products =yeast
homepage = [http://www.lsaf.com/ www.lsaf.com]Red Star Yeast Company, LLC is a joint-venture of Lesaffre Yeast Corporation, and
Archer Daniels Midland Company .Red Star operates two plants in the United States- a plant in
Headland, AL , and a new plant built in 2006 inCedar Rapids, IA . Lesaffre Yeast Corporation (prior to the joint-venture) used to operate plants inMilwaukee, WI ,Baltimore, MD , andOakland, CA , but those facilities have since been closed since 2006. Their corporate office is located inMilwaukee, WI .Red Star Yeast and Products was the former division of Sensient Technologies (formerly Universal Foods), which distributed the Red Star brand. Red Star Yeast was then sold to French-based Lesaffre group in 2001. In 2004, Lesaffre and Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) created the joint-venture that the company operates under today.
All Red Star Yeast products are certified
Kosher except forPassover
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