European Protein is founded by the Legarth-family
European Protein is founded to intensify the focus on the animal production industry with a dried and funtional fermented plant protein.
ABOUT EUROPEAN PROTEIN
European Protein is an innovative producer of fermented proteins tailored to enhance the health and productivity of pigs, poultry and aquaculture.
Founded in 2011, this family-owned company now delivers high-quality complementary proteins to farmers and feed producers worldwide through its three production facilities in Denmark, Ukraine and the US.
At European Protein, we aspire to provide tomorrow’s solutions today. That’s why we invest in cutting-edge research to develop alternative protein solutions that contribute to our shared goal of promoting sustainability, efficiency and animal welfare.
People
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Jens Legarth
CEO
e-mail: jel@europeanprotein.com
phone: +45 23 34 93 34
Jens is educated in Farming and Export. He has been working in the animal production industry for more than 30 years, of which more than two decades centred around feed fermentation. In 2011 Jens and Lone founded European Protein. Jens works with international sales, lectures in fermentation and participates in many international projects to improve animal health and protein replacement.
Anne Hollænder Kristensen
Chief Quality Officer
e-mail: ahk@europeanprotein.com
phone: +45 29 66 93 34
Anne has a Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry and Biotechnology. She is also educated in agriculture specialising in cattle and has furthermore worked on a pig farm. She will be in charge of the Quality Assurance of our fermented protein.
Rene Schepens
Director
e-mail: res@europeanprotein.com
phone: +31 6 51 33 45 56
Rene is Agricultural Engineer specialised in pigs and has more than three decades of experience from the industry, working as an Advisor, Commercial Director and Co-owner in an animal nutrition company. Rene works from his office in Holland.
Thomas Pedersen
Sales Director
e-mail: top@europeanprotein.com
phone: +45 21419334
Thomas has an education in Export and has been Sales Director in European Protein for more than ten years. Thomas is responsible for all international sales through all channels.
Jeppe Skovgaard Eskildsen
Sales Manager
phone: +45 29 62 19 30
Jeppe joined the sales team in February 2020 as a sales manager with responsibility for functional proteins targeted gamebirds and deer. For five years Jeppe has been a gamekeeper trainee and completes his education in Wildlife management in 2021.
Kasper Legarth
Sales Manager
e-mail: kal@europeanprotein.com
phone: +45 40 18 93 34
Kasper works as a sales manager, responsible for Denmark and South America. Kasper has in-depth and hands-on experience from geese- and pig farming. He has followed Sales Management courses, before starting at European Protein in 2014.
Lone Legarth
Finance and Administration Manager
e-mail: lol@europeanprotein.com
phone: +45 23 37 33 50
In 2011 Lone and Jens founded European Protein. Lone is responsible for all administration and finance. She has an education in nursing but shifted to an administrative position in the feed industry in 2008.
Belinda Theodora Holm Dam Jeppesen
Finance & Administration Assistant
e-mail: bet@europeanprotein.com
phone: +45 51 29 90 34
Belinda holds a Diploma in Finance & Accounting and started in European Protein in 2015. She has previously been working in the industry as a financial assistant and as an external bookkeeping consultant. Belinda handles bookkeeping, orders and sales supporter.
Pia Sørensen
Nutrition Development Director
e-mail: ps@europeanprotein.com
phone: +45 25 34 04 04
Pia is our Nutrition Development Director. Pia has previously worked as a consultant at Svinerådgivningen, and most recently as Area Sales Manager at AB Neo. Pia gives advice for European Protein’s customers and works to link data on gut health to productivity growth in the barn.
Rikke Matthiesen
Chief Scientific Officer
e-mail: rim@europeanprotein.com
phone: +45 29 11 34 91
Rikke is a chemical and biotechnology engineer. She has previously worked within the food industry. Rikke started working for us in 2020 where her most important task is to manage European Protein’s knowledge database, which consists of all microbiome, colostrum, blood and serum samples from our costumers’ herds.
Maria Almind
International Marketing Manager
e-mail: maa@europeanprotein.com
phone: +45 31 20 23 33
Maria holds a BSc in Business Administration and Marketing Management. She has a background from the electronics industry as a Product and Marketing Manager. Maria is responsible for communication and marketing in European Protein.
Anders Legarth
Engineer
e-mail: ans@europeanprotein.com
phone: +45 25 32 90 35
Anders is responsible for optimising our production facility and its processes to ensure that we remain at the forefront with the latest and most efficient technologies available.
Oleksii Smilianets
Production Manager
e-mail: ols@europeanprotein.com
phone: +45 21 54 13 34
Oleksii plans the daily production and runs the production team in Denmark.
Jevgen Vorobyov
Production co-worker
e-mail: fabrik@europeanprotein.com
Jevgen monitors the production process and samples the products to ensure that the enriched protein feed is uniform and of the same high quality. He supplies the production with the necessary raw materials and packs the end-product.
Oleksandr Pershko
Production co-worker
e-mail: fabrik@europeanprotein.com
Oleksandr monitors the production process and samples the products to ensure that the enriched protein feed is uniform and of the same high quality. He supplies the production with the necessary raw materials and packs the end-product.
Illia Skipor
Production co-worker
e-mail: fabrik@europeanprotein.com
Illia monitors the production process and samples the products to ensure that the enriched protein feed is uniform and of the same high quality. He supplies the production with the necessary raw materials and packs the end-product.
Serhii Popov
Production co-worker
e-mail: fabrik@europeanprotein.com
Serhii monitors the production process and samples the products to ensure that the enriched protein feed is uniform and of the same high quality. He supplies the production with the necessary raw materials and packs the end-product.
Maksym Zhupanov
Production co-worker
e-mail: fabrik@europeanprotein.com
Maksym monitors the production process and samples the products to ensure that the enriched protein feed is uniform and of the same high quality. He supplies the production with the necessary raw materials and packs the end-product.
ABOUT EUROPEAN PROTEIN
European Protein is a Danish family-owned protein producer. We promote the health and productivity of animals through lacto-fermented plant proteins for feed. The company was founded in 2011 and has protein factories in Denmark, Ukraine, the US, and Malaysia.
GMP+ FSA and GMP+ FRA – certified.
HEAD QUARTER
European Protein A/S
Vorbassevej 12, 6622 Bække, Denmark
+45 75 38 80 40, info@europeanprotein.com
VAT No. DK33643675
FACTORIES
Denmark
Mangehøje 4, 7300 Jelling, Denmark
+45 75 38 80 40, info@europeanprotein.com
Ukraine
222-a Vokzalna Street, Rokytne 09600, Kyiv Region, Ukraine
+38 044 390 40 54, info@epu.vet
USA
1201 N Ellis Rd #7055, Sioux Falls, SD 57107, USA
+1 605-338-9775, top@fermentationexperts.com
Malaysia
1628, Jalan Iks Simpang Ampat, Taman Iks Simpang Ampat, 14100 Simpang Ampat, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
+60 4-588 0887
