south Estonia. Valio Eesti factories are located in Tartu county and Laeva village in Võru county. Valio Eesti complements its product range every year, producing a total of over 150 different dairy and cheese products. Valio Eesti dairy can be found in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Finland, Sweden, Italy and the United States. Valio Eesti market is represented in the key dairy categories: milks, shells, yogurt, curds, soured milk, desserts, cheeses, oils and greases. fresh dairy segments. Valio Eesti products do not contain synthetic food colors, food additives used in the products are steadily reduced in number and 80% of our product portfolio is a preservative, and this proportion is steadily increasing. All Products manufactured by Valio Eesti pass profound taste
used, so the selection of probiotics was dominant NSLAB of fermented meat pro- limited to organisms that were capable of ducts, as promising candidates for probiotic fermenting carbohydrates in meat. meat starter cultures suitable for the manu- Various studies have shown that probiotic facture of the Scandinavian-type fermented organisms have poor survival in fermented sausage. foods such as yoghurt, fermented milks, and It is worthwhile to mention that in the dry-fermented sausages (Kailasapathy and European Union there is specific regulation Rybka 1997; Lücke 2000; Shah 2000; (EC No 1924/2006) aimed at ensuring Shah and Ravula 2000; Erkkilä et al. 2001). that any health claim made on a food Dry-fermented sausages with their low aw label is clear, accurate, and scientifically and pH, plus curing salts and competing substantiated.