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India's first indigenous DVS starter culture manufacturer, in commercial production since 2016.

India's dairy shouldn't have to import its bacteria.

200+ Direct Vat Set starter cultures across fifteen product lines, developed and manufactured in Pune. Supplied across India and to export markets. Delivered in three to five days in India.

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  • 300+ customers
  • 24 quality checks per batch
  • ISO 9001 · ISO 22000 · HACCP · HALAL
  • 3–5 day delivery in India

Why we exist

We are not traders; we are manufacturers and innovators.

We make the cultures we sell. Strain screening, fermentation, freeze-drying and batch release all happen in our own clean-room facility, with an in-process QC lab on site.

A scientist and a biotechnologist founded the company, and we still develop every blend in our own R&D lab. The science sits inside the company rather than being bought in.

What that changes for you →
An operator at the fermentation vessel in the ABsource clean room
An operator loading trays into the freeze dryer
An operator feeding a filled culture sachet into the band sealer

  • State-of-the-Art Clean Rooms

  • GMP compliance certificate

  • ISO 9001, ISO 22000 certified company

  • HALAL certified products

The set

Set curd that holds a clean cut.

Milk thickens, sets, and takes a clean break face — the attribute a curd plant is judged on, and the one a starter culture decides.

What we solve

Consistency, cost, and the skills you don't need to hire.

Inconsistent quality

Freeze-dried, phage-resistant DVS cultures remove the variability of traditional bulk starters. Bacterial concentration and purity are guaranteed through 24 quality checks.

High production cost

Local manufacture delivers the same standard of culture at a lower price point than imports, which improves your margin directly.

Technical expertise gap

Direct Vat Set means ready to use. No in-house propagation, no specialist propagation skills, far lower contamination risk.

The other three, and what changes for your business →

Solutions

Eight dairy applications.

Featured

Three lines to know about.

Outside the main dahi and yoghurt ranges.

Culture Selector

Tell us what you make and we’ll name the cultures to trial.

It asks only what matters for your product — several questions for curd, one for cheese — and it tells you when it is not confident enough to recommend anything.

What are you making?

The market

What we built for Indian dairy now leaves Pune for export markets.

Any plant that ferments milk depends on a starter culture, and where that culture is made decides the lead time, the currency it is priced in, and whether anyone will adjust the blend when the product has to change. That is as true outside India as it is inside it.

So we supply importers and distributors directly, on the certifications an overseas buyer's own audit asks for, and we develop new blends for products a global catalogue does not carry.

Vision

ABsource aims to become the largest manufacturer of dairy starter cultures in India, and to rank among the top three globally.

How export supply works →

Custom development

If the culture you need does not exist yet, we build it.

Our scientists develop new blends from scratch to your product spec.

Describe what you’re trying to makeAll three services →

Pick the culture you want to trial, and we'll send a sample.

Each culture page carries its specification and a sample request that arrives with the product already attached. If you are not sure which line fits, the selector names the cultures to trial.

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