Very early on we have significantly influenced the application of additives in the industrial manufacturing of processed foods. With the issuance of a patent in 1929, the Johann Adam Benckiser company achieved a major breakthrough in the utilization of polyphosphates in processed cheese. Since then, our JOHA® specialties have been an indispensable component of modern cheese processing. We have established technological standards for both products and processes. In 1937, the FIBRISOL® process for the treatment of slaughterhouse blood was published. This laid the foundation for the broad use of polyphosphates in today's meat processing. In subsequent years other specialties under the trade names TARI®, SOLVA®, CURAFOS® and BRIFISOL® were introduced world-wide.