81 companies shortlisted for PPTI's 27 Food-Techs to Watch in 2027
Protein Production Technology International has revealed the shortlist for its 27 Food-Techs to Watch in 2027, with 81 companies selected from 379 nominated during this year's campaign. PPTI's editorial team reviewed every nomination before drawing up the shortlist, as part of a process that also involved members of the PPTI Advisory Board.
The shortlist brings together companies working across precision and biomass fermentation, cultivated food, plant proteins, fats and oils, functional ingredients, downstream processing, AI, automation and biomanufacturing infrastructure.
“We've been genuinely taken aback by the response this year,” said Nick Bradley, Co-founder & Editorial Director of FPG Media and Editor of Protein Production Technology International. “To have 379 companies nominated shows just how much interesting work is going on across this industry.
“Last year's campaign attracted more than 13,500 votes, which was far more than we expected when we launched it. Judging by the response we've had already this year, I think we're going to go well past that.”
• 81 companies have been shortlisted for PPTI's 27 Food-Techs to Watch in 2027, spanning ingredients, fermentation, cultivated food, plant proteins and enabling technologies.
• Voters can select a minimum of five and maximum of 10 companies they believe deserve a place in the final 27.
• The final 27 will be announced at Future of Protein Production Amsterdam on 4-5 November and profiled in PPTI's Q4 edition on 16 December.
There are familiar names on the shortlist, but plenty that may be new to PPTI readers.
Now we want the industry to have its say. Take a look through the 81 companies below, follow the links to find out more about their work, and decide which ones you believe deserve a place in the final 27.
“This isn't simply about picking the biggest companies or the names people already know,” Bradley added. “What I really enjoyed last year was seeing where some of the exposure led. Companies made new connections, developed partnerships and had conversations with investors after appearing in the feature.
It's a genuinely international shortlist, too, with companies from across Europe, North America, Asia-Pacific, Africa and South America.
There is plenty of variety in maturity, too, from young startups still proving their technology to businesses already producing at commercial scale.
“From my side, I ended up interviewing founders of companies I'd never come across before," Bradley said. "We were able to put a spotlight on businesses doing some fascinating work that might ordinarily struggle to make the headlines.
“And that's a big part of what I love about it. We end up with an edition of the magazine we could never have planned ourselves. The industry tells us who we should be talking to, and we go and tell their stories.
“So I'd encourage people to spend some time with the full shortlist, click through to the company websites and see what they're working on. You might find a few names you weren't expecting to vote for.”
Voting remains open until 11:59pm on 23 October 2026.
The results will be revealed at Future of Protein Production Amsterdam on 4-5 November, with the 27 selected companies featured in PPTI's Q4 edition on 16 December.
Meet the 81 shortlisted companies
3D Bio-Tissues Ltd | UK
3D Bio-Tissues develops cellular agriculture technologies addressing growth-media costs and structured tissue production. Its portfolio includes Citymix, a media supplement designed to reduce serum dependency, alongside a scaffold-free tissue-templating platform for producing structured animal tissue.
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Abydos Bioscience | Argentina
Abydos Bioscience is developing a precision-fermentation platform using oleaginous bacteria to convert agro-industrial side streams into specialty oils and fats. Its work includes bioactive lipids designed to combine food functionality with targeted nutritional properties.
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Alcheme Bio | USA
Alcheme Bio develops enzyme solutions intended to improve the taste and functionality of food proteins during processing. Its technology targets characteristics including bitterness, beany flavors and poor functionality, reducing reliance on masking flavors and other additives.
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Aleph Farms | Israel
Aleph Farms develops cultivated beef directly from bovine cells. Its Aleph Cuts product line includes a cultivated thin-cut steak, with the company working on the production and commercialization of structured cultivated beef.
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Algiecel | Denmark
Algiecel cultivates Nannochloropsis oceanica microalgae in modular photobioreactors using light and captured CO2. The company is developing marine ingredients including omega-3s and other bioactives for food, feed, pet food and personal-care applications.
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All G | Australia
All G is an Australian biotechnology company developing high-value human and bovine milk proteins through precision fermentation.
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AmaranthLabs | UK
AmaranthLabs produces functional ingredients from amaranth grain using a proprietary fractionation process. Its ingredient portfolio includes protein concentrate, a fiber-protein fraction, native waxy starch and amaranth oil for applications including protein-rich and GLP-1-focused foods.
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ANDFOODS | New Zealand
ANDFOODS develops dairy-free cream products using black gram, a protein-rich pulse, and fermentation. Its process reduces unwanted flavors in the plant material while improving nutrient availability.
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Arboreal Bioinnovations | India
Arboreal Bioinnovations develops ingredients for food, beverage and nutraceutical companies. Its approach combines ingredient development, manufacturing and supply-chain capabilities to target sensory, nutritional and functional performance.
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Bean Possible | Brazil
Bean Possible converts broken common beans into protein, insoluble fiber and native starch ingredients. The Brazilian company's process is designed to create three functional ingredient streams from a single raw material.
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Bene Meat Technologies | Czech Republic
Bene Meat Technologies develops technologies for cultivated meat production spanning cell-line development, biology, hardware, software and manufacturing. The company is also registered in the EU as a producer of cultivated meat for pet food.
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BIOM FARMS | India
BIOM FARMS develops animal-free cell-culture media and recombinant growth factors for cultivated meat production, targeting the cost of key inputs required to grow cells at increasing scale.
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Black Sheep Foods | The Netherlands
Black Sheep Foods develops DualTexture Protein, a textured plant protein designed for hybrid and plant-based foods. The ingredient is intended to provide bite, juiciness and flavor while operating on existing food-production lines.
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Cauldron Ferm | Australia
Cauldron Ferm is developing a biomanufacturing platform based on its hyper-fermentation technology, designed to increase production efficiency and reduce the cost of fermentation-derived products.
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Cellcraft | UK
Cellcraft develops AI and automation software for biomanufacturing. Its Cellcraft IQ platform is designed to provide real-time bioprocess insight, control and optimization across applications including fermentation, cultivated meat and biopharmaceutical production.
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Celleste-Bio | Israel
Celleste-Bio uses plant cell culture to produce cocoa ingredients without growing cocoa trees. The company is developing chocolate-grade cocoa butter and cocoa powder from cocoa cells grown in bioreactors, with its cocoa butter already tested in chocolate applications.
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Cultigen Group | UK
Cultigen Group is developing commercial infrastructure for the cultivated meat sector through a group of ventures covering research, intelligence, production and market development, connected through a shared data platform.
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Curve | Sweden
Curve is developing AI-driven process technology for biomanufacturing. Its platform combines its BIOBRIC hardware with process-intelligence software designed to create digital twins and support real-time process control.
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Daring | USA
Daring develops high-protein foods based on plant ingredients. Having built its business around plant-based chicken products, the company is expanding into additional protein formats and complete meals.
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Deco Labs | USA
Deco Labs develops lower-cost inputs for cellular agriculture. Its first product, cAlbumin, is a botanical alternative to albumin for cell-culture applications, with the company also developing botanical growth-factor solutions.
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Deligene | Israel
Deligene uses gene editing to develop non-GMO soybean varieties with improved protein functionality. It is targeting characteristics including gelation, texture, water holding, emulsification, foaming and nutritional quality directly at crop level.
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Eat Beer Biotech | Germany
Eat Beer Biotech is developing a modular production platform that converts industrial side streams into food and bio-based compounds. The company combines automated production units with a digital platform connecting participants across the supply chain.
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Eatpol | The Netherlands
Eatpol develops an AI-based consumer-testing platform using technology originating at Wageningen University. Its TexturIQ system analyzes smartphone video of eating behavior to provide objective measurements of food texture.
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Enifer | Finland
Enifer converts food and agricultural side streams into mycoprotein ingredients using fungal fermentation. Its PEKILO technology combines circular feedstocks with continuous fermentation to produce protein ingredients for food and pet nutrition.
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Fabas | Switzerland
Fabas develops functional ingredients from European pulses using a gentle extraction process designed to preserve native fava-bean proteins. Its ingredients are intended for applications including dairy-alternative yogurts, drinks, cheese and ice cream.
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FABUMIN | The Netherlands
FABUMIN converts legume cooking-water side streams into a functional powder designed to replace egg functionality in food manufacturing. Its aquafaba-derived ingredient provides binding, emulsifying and foaming properties for applications including bakery, sauces and desserts.
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Favamole | The Netherlands
Favamole produces chilled dips and spreads using Dutch-grown fava beans. The company works with a regenerative farming network and is developing fava-based alternatives to established pulse-based dips for retail and foodservice.
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Fermeate, Inc. | USA
Fermeate uses optogenetics and light-controlled gene circuits to improve microbial biomanufacturing. Its technology is designed to integrate with existing fermentation infrastructure and production strains to increase output across proteins, enzymes, food ingredients and chemicals.
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Finless Foods | USA
Finless Foods develops cell-cultivated bluefin tuna and is also exploring the use of cultivated biomass to produce marine collagen and bioactive peptides.
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FUDI Protein | USA
FUDI Protein produces RuBisCO protein isolate from alfalfa. The ingredient is designed as a functional alternative to egg white, providing gelling, foaming and emulsification properties for bakery and other food applications.
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Green Ecstasy Foods | India
Green Ecstasy Foods, through its Veganta brand, develops plant-based foods using high-moisture meat analogue technology. The company uses extrusion to convert plant proteins into structured meat alternatives for consumers, foodservice and manufacturers.
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Happy Plant Protein | Finland
Happy Plant Protein has developed a patented extrusion process that converts legume flour into textured protein and functional carbohydrate ingredients in a single step. The company licenses its technology to processors and food manufacturers.
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Hemisphere Technologies | Sweden
Hemisphere Technologies uses a proprietary solvent-free process to produce protein, oil and hemp-heart ingredients from hemp. Its technology is designed to improve the sensory characteristics of hemp-derived ingredients for food applications.
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Jay&Joy | France
Jay&Joy produces organic plant-based cheese alternatives using traditional aging techniques. Its products are vegan and formulated without lactose or gluten.
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Maia Farms | Canada
Maia Farms develops mushroom-based ingredients for food manufacturers. Its platform combines mushroom biology, fermentation, extrusion and food science to provide protein, fiber, texture and functionality across a range of food and pet-food applications.
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meala | Israel
meala develops functional proteins intended to replace eggs and hydrocolloids in food formulations. Its pea-protein-based technology is designed to provide texture and functionality while simplifying ingredient lists.
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Meat the Next Company | Hong Kong
Meat the Next develops plant-based nutrition products using enzymatic processing, protein formulation and climate-resilient crops. Its work includes plant beverages, protein hydrolysis and peptide development, with TIGA MILK among its commercial products.
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Medium Well Technological Solutions | Israel
Medium Well develops plant-based BioResin separation media produced using agricultural byproducts. Its ion-exchange technology targets protein recovery and purification in precision fermentation and other food-biotechnology processes.
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MicroHarvest | Germany
MicroHarvest produces protein ingredients through microbial fermentation using agricultural side streams. Its fermentation process operates on short production cycles, with its first commercial product, MPX CARE, targeting pet food.
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Millow | Sweden
Millow produces mycelium-based protein using solid-state fermentation of oats and mycelium. Its technology is designed to create clean-label ingredients combining protein, texture and a low production footprint.
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MOA Foodtech | Spain
MOA Foodtech develops functional ingredients through biomass fermentation. The company combines its Albatros computational platform with fermentation to convert agri-food byproducts into ingredients for food and animal nutrition.
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Monkeys by the Sea | The Netherlands
Monkeys by the Sea develops seafood-inspired frozen products for foodservice and supplies semi-finished products and formulation expertise to seafood processors looking to add plant-based products to their portfolios.
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Mozza Foods | USA
Mozza Foods is developing plant-grown milk proteins by engineering soybeans to produce casein. Its approach is intended to provide dairy manufacturers with functional casein produced through crops rather than conventional dairy production.
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Mycsology Foods | USA
Mycsology Foods uses solid-state fermentation to develop ingredients tailored to the flavor and functionality requirements of food brands, with a focus on simpler formulations and differentiated products.
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New Culture | USA
New Culture is developing animal-free cheese using casein produced without cows, with a focus on recreating the functional properties required for conventional cheese applications.
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New Wave Biotech | UK
New Wave Biotech develops software for bioprocess development and scale-up. Its Bioprocess Foresight platform models large numbers of purification routes against factors including cost, yield and life-cycle impacts to help developers narrow experimental options.
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NOIET | Italy
NOIET develops multifunctional ingredients using multi-microbial fermentation. Its process converts food-industry side streams into ingredients combining protein and fiber with preservative and antioxidant functionality.
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Nōka Bio | UK
Nōka Bio develops biological AI models designed to predict the behavior of living production systems using existing operational data. Applications include fermentation, aquaculture and livestock production.
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Nourish Ingredients | Australia
Nourish Ingredients develops specialty fats for food using precision fermentation. Its technology uses microorganisms to produce lipids designed to provide flavor, aroma and mouthfeel characteristics associated with animal fats for plant-based and hybrid food applications.
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Novameat Tech | Spain
Novameat develops plant-based foods using its proprietary MicroForce fibrous-texture technology. Alongside pulled meat analogues, the company is developing its Balanced Protein ingredient range for conventional meat processors and other manufacturers.
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Nude | Brazil
Nude is a Brazilian food-tech company producing oat-based foods and beverages. The certified B Corp also displays product carbon footprints on its packaging as part of its approach to climate transparency.
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Nutrition from Water (NXW) | Portugal
Nutrition from Water (NXW) develops microalgae-derived protein and fiber ingredients. Its MW ingredient is a complete protein designed to complement dairy whey and plant proteins, with the company developing marine microalgae production at commercial scale.
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Nutropy | France
Nutropy uses precision fermentation to produce bioidentical micellar casein. The company is developing casein-based ingredient solutions intended to provide the melt, stretch and structural functionality associated with conventional dairy products.
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Oh My Celia Foods | Denmark
Oh My Celia Foods develops deli-meat alternatives by fermenting organic legumes and food-industry side streams using mycelium.
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Oshi | USA
Oshi develops whole-cut plant-based seafood using its Modular Layering technology. Its products are designed to reproduce characteristics including the texture and flakiness of conventional fish while providing protein and omega-3s.
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Pacifico Biolabs | Germany
Pacifico Biolabs produces Mycra, a single-ingredient mycelium protein, using fermentation infrastructure including repurposed brewery equipment. Its model is designed around converting existing industrial capacity rather than constructing purpose-built facilities.
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Perfat Technologies | Finland
Perfat Technologies develops lipid ingredients designed to reduce saturated fat while adding dietary fiber. Its structured fats target texture, stability and nutritional improvement across food applications.
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planetary | Switzerland
planetary develops industrial fermentation infrastructure and produces mycoprotein using its BioBlocks continuous-fermentation technology. The company uses sugar-industry side streams as feedstocks and targets meat, dairy-alternative and hybrid applications.
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Plantible | USA
Plantible has developed a production platform for growing water lentils and extracting high-value ingredients. Its principal product is Rubisco protein for food applications.
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Potina | UK
Potina develops early-life nutrition products, including delivery technologies intended to protect bioactive ingredients until consumption. The company also operates a plant-based children's food brand sold through UK retail.
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Proeon Foods | Netherlands
Proeon develops plant-protein ingredients targeting nutrition, functionality and sensory performance. Its portfolio includes peanut protein produced from an oil-industry side stream and mung-bean protein designed to provide egg-like functionality.
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Protein Plus | Singapore
Protein Plus converts coconut pulp into functional food ingredients and products including non-dairy butters, mayonnaise and cheese alternatives, while also working with food businesses on plant-based product development.
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Protein United | The Netherlands & UK
Protein United works to increase the adoption of mycoprotein by connecting ingredient suppliers, food manufacturers and innovation partners, combining commercialization support with market insight and ingredient development.
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Proxcys | Netherlands
Proxcys develops downstream-processing equipment and specializes in High Performance Radial Flow Chromatography. Its systems target protein separation and purification applications requiring high throughput at industrial scale.
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Proxy Foods AI | USA
Proxy Foods AI develops an AI-powered product-development and formulation platform for food and beverage R&D teams. The technology supports recipe development and reformulation across taste, nutrition, cost, scalability and regulatory requirements.
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PURIS | USA
PURIS operates a vertically integrated pea-protein business spanning seed genetics, farming, ingredient manufacturing and food innovation. Its ingredient portfolio includes protein technologies for food and beverage applications.
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Rebellyous Foods | USA
Rebellyous Foods develops plant-based chicken products alongside manufacturing technology intended to reduce production costs. Its Mock manufacturing system focuses on continuous, automated, high-volume production for products including nuggets, tenders and patties.
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Senara | Germany
Senara develops 3D mammalian-cell production technology for dairy and bioactive applications. Through a B2B licensing model, it is working on cell-cultivated milk components, exosomes and other bioactive ingredients.
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Solar Foods | Finland
Solar Foods produces Solein, a single-cell protein made through fermentation using carbon dioxide and hydrogen rather than conventional agricultural feedstocks. The ingredient is designed for use across a range of food applications.
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Sophie's BioNutrients | Canada
Sophie's BioNutrients develops microalgae-derived protein using fermentation. Its proprietary microalgae strain can be grown using food side streams and produces biomass containing protein and other nutritional components.
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Soufflet Malt | France
Soufflet Malt is a global malt producer operating 35 malting plants across 20 countries. Alongside its core brewing and distilling business, the company is developing new food and beverage applications for malt and fermentation-derived ingredients.
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Swan Neck Bio | Denmark
Swan Neck Bio develops DIRINOC, a ready-to-use starter culture produced from a fermentation company's own production strain. The technology is designed to replace conventional multi-stage seed trains with a concentrated, storage-stable inoculum.
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Symbiotec | India
Symbiotec is a pharmaceutical and biotechnology company with experience in fermentation-based manufacturing. It is expanding its capabilities into fermentation infrastructure for food ingredients, sustainable proteins and industrial biotechnology.
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The EVERY Company | USA
The EVERY Company develops egg proteins using precision fermentation. Its technology platform has produced dozens of proteins, with the company working with manufacturing partners to increase production scale for food applications.
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The Ingredients Experts | Germany
The Ingredients Experts is a family-owned ingredient supplier specializing in plant proteins and functional ingredients for food manufacturers. Its portfolio covers proteins from sources including pea, soy, rice, chickpea, fava bean and other crops alongside texturates, fibers and specialty ingredients.
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The Mushroom Meat Co. | USA
The Mushroom Meat Co. develops mushroom-based ingredients and products designed to provide meat-like cooking and eating characteristics while retaining the nutritional attributes of mushrooms and whole plants.
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The Protein Brewery | Netherlands
The Protein Brewery produces FERMOTEIN, a whole-food mycelium ingredient made through biomass fermentation of Rhizomucor pusillus. The ingredient provides protein, fiber and micronutrients and is produced at the company's commercial facility in Breda.
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Vcrave Foods | Singapore
Vcrave Foods develops food and beverage products using climate-resilient grains. Its Power Millet Milk is a millet-based beverage designed for foodservice and consumer applications, with the company's work also covering formulation and microbiome research.
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Verley | France
Verley develops functional dairy proteins through precision fermentation. Its FermWhey portfolio is designed to combine nutritional quality with functionality for food and nutrition applications.
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Vivici | The Netherlands
Vivici develops dairy proteins using precision fermentation. Its Vivitein BLG is a fermentation-derived beta-lactoglobulin intended for applications including protein beverages, powders and bars.
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WildBio Co | South Africa
WildBio develops African wildlife cell lines for food-tech, biotechnology and biomedical applications. Its CellRanch biobank includes primary cell lines from multiple African species, with potential applications including cultivated meat, cultivated fat and tissue engineering.
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