csm is a global leader in two large business-to-business markets: bakery supplies, a leading global supplier of bakery products and ingredients serving the artisanal, industrial, in-store and out-of-home markets ; purac, a leading player in the field of food preservation, green chemicals and bio-plastics components produced from lactic acid, lactic acid derivatives and other fermentation-based products serving the food, health care, chemical and polymer industries.