NEW TECH FOODS

Discovery Park, Kent’s life sciences hub, has added two high-growth biotech start-ups to its CoLab innovation space.

Corbion has entered a strategic partnership with US biotech company Kuehnle AgroSystems (KAS) to develop and commercialise a natural astaxanthin product made from non-GMO heterotrophic algae.

Leaft Foods, a food-tech start-up based in New Zealand, has debuted a new plant-based performance nutrition drink, Leaft Blade, made with protein from green leaves.

Nourish Ingredients has received ‘generally recognised as safe’ (GRAS) status from the Flavour and Extract Manufacturers Association (FEMA) for the use of its proprietary Mortierella alpina biomass (S11) as a flavouring in food.

Colorcon Ventures, the corporate venture fund of Colorcon, has invested in Israeli start-up Phytolon, which develops natural food colourings using precision fermentation of modified baker’s yeast.

Biotech start-up TurtleTree has received a ‘No Questions’ letter from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), validating the safety of...

US-based biomanufacturer of fermentation-based ingredients, DMC Biotechnologies, has announced the availability of fermented myo-inositol...

With the gap between food and medicine narrowing, the nutraceuticals market is exploding with innovative, flavour-packed solutions that...