Essum AB

Realizing the market potential in their area of research, they formed Essum AB in 1989. The company is today well ahead in the development of probiotic bacterial cultures, and the close collaboration with the university is continuing.

The application of the research ideas on the market has been succesful. The major market product today are VERUM HÄLSOFIL® and VERUM® HÄLSOYOGHURT, two probiotic fermented milk products. The public interest in these products has steadily increased since their introduction on the Swedish market, and sales have risen year by year.

Essum AB has profound knowledge and acknowledge competence in the area of clinical bacteriology. Experienced, internationally known Swedish medical researchers and physicians from the core of the company.

The partners in the firm all started out as researchers at Umeå University. The research is focused on preventing and/or treating bacterial infections by making use of probiotic bacteria of the normal flora.