From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Isaac Carasso
Isaac Carasso
Isaac Carasso (1874 – April 19, 1939) was a Spanish doctor His son Daniel Carasso took over the family business
and member of the prominent Sephardic Jewish Carasso in Spain and established Danone in France and the United
family of Ottoman Selanik (modern Thessaloniki, States (Dannon).
Greece). He went on to found a yoghurt factory which Isaac Carasso died in France in 1939.
became Groupe Danone. He was the nephew of Emanuel
Karasu, the Ottoman politician.
Carasso was born in Selanik in 1874. In 1912, with
References
the unrest of the Balkan Wars and the approach of Greek [1] according to Kenneth W. Bailey, Marketing and
troops, he moved his family to Barcelona where he Pricing of Milk and Dairy Products in the United States,
changed his name to Isaac Carasso. Blackwell 1997, ISBN 0-813-82750-7
After setting up his medical facility, he noticed that [2] according to the Dannon Web site
he had many young patients with digestive and intestinal [3] THOMAS FULLER International Herald Tribune
problems. Inspired by the work of Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov, (July 22, 2005). "Danone Plays Down Rumor of a
who had popularized sour milk as a health food, and Takeover by PepsiCo". New York Times.
recalling that such health conditions were treated with http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/22/business/
yogurt in the Balkans, he imported cultures from Bul- worldbusiness/22danone.html. Retrieved
garia[1] or used "pure cultures that had been isolated 2008-08-10.
in Paris" at Mechnikov’s laboratory at the Institut Pas- Persondata
teur.[2] Since yogurt was not well known then in Western Name Carasso, Isaac
Europe, he initially sold it as a medicine, through phar-
macies. Alternative names
He founded the company which would become Short description
Groupe Danone in 1919 when he opened a small yogurt Date of birth 1874
business named "Danone", a variation on the Catalan
Place of birth
nickname of his son, Daniel. Carasso perfected the first
industrial process for making yogurt.[3] Date of death April 19, 1939
Place of death
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• Sephardi Jews
• Ottoman Jews
• Spanish Jews
• Jews from Thessaloniki
• 1874 births
• 1939 deaths
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