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The 180-page book dedicated to 100 years of FALA (Fabrique Alsacienne de Levure & Alcools, Lesaffre group) has just been released. A source of pride for the whole team.  

After 10 months of work, the 180-page book dedicated to 100 years of FALA, an emblematic entity of Lesaffre, goes to print. A magnificent adventure.  

Why call an ingredient that does not contain yeast “levure chimique” (i.e. “chemical yeast”) ? Certainly, the expression is not appropriate to designate “baking powder” used for cakes and pastries. Even less when used as a synonym for “industrial yeast”, this time targeting the culture of baker’s yeast. Between abuse

More than a year of an exceptional crisis : L’Envol interviewed five professionals who discuss the circumstances in which they approached this period: remote control, maintenance or reduction of working hours, products of circumstance, adaptation of product ranges or new distribution levers… and also how Lesaffre was able to support

Initiated by Burgundian farmers in the 1990s, the CRC® approach developed in the early 2000s from an ambition: to grow high quality French cereals, according to reasoned agricultural practices. At its Strasbourg site, SIL FALA (Lesaffre group) manufactures durum wheat sourdough from flours from the CRC® sector. Special feature in

For its second anniversary, Planète Tatou is working on a book retracing the 100 years of FALA (Fabrique Alsacienne de Levure & Alcools), created in Strasbourg in 1920 and  which became in 1967 a subsidiary of Lesaffre, today the world leader in baking yeast. A 160-page book scheduled for publication

Tasty, nutritious, inexpensive, a symbol of sharing, the pride of the baker, the baguette is one of the jewels of our culinary landscape: it represents 75% of the bread consumed in France; 6 billion units leave the bakeries each year. A special feature to be found in the fall issue

How is the crisis reinventing the profession of baker? On the consumer side, behavior is changing rapidly: online ordering, home delivery, drive … you have to adapt, diversify your offer, create new moments of consumption, as recommended by Nicolas Nouchi, the market research manager at CHD Expert. Digital tools, such

Fabrique Alsacienne de Levure & Alcools (FALA) is a shining example of a company that continues to prove its difference. Established in Strasbourg in 1920, the firm survived the Second World War even though its factory was requisitioned and virtually destroyed. FALA joined the Lesaffre group in 1967. Its yeasts