AMSTERDAM and AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Sophie’s Bionutrients and NewFish®, two pioneers within the subject of microalgae protein fermentation, with the help of New Zealand-based marine analysis powerhouse, Cawthron Institute, and Netherlands-based main meals college, Wageningen University & Research, have determined to collaborate internationally to unlock microalgae’s future in meals diet.
Global meals challenges require different options.
Fueling the rising world inhabitants requires guaranteeing the availability of climate-friendly and ethically-produced proteins, new protein sources, and novel meals manufacturing applied sciences. While many are beginning to enter the plant-based meals class globally, few corporations are driving R&D efforts to supply GMO-free dairy options and specialised substances.
Since 2022, a brand new wave of contemporary meals corporations are becoming a member of forces to speed up innovation in microalgae and share upstream and downstream assets. Collectively, they’ve a shared world mission to develop microalgae as the bottom for sustainable diet and novel meals merchandise that eradicate animal struggling and promise an ecological footprint far superior to that of intensive industrial farming.
One main firm is Sophie’s Bionutrients, a B2B meals expertise firm on a mission to create plant-based, protein-rich options to meat and seafood utilizing microalgae. The Temasek Foundation-backed startup, working between Singapore and the Netherlands, in 2021 introduced to be the world’s first foodtech firm to make use of microalgae to develop 100% plant-based and sustainable different proteins to be used in dairy and different novel meals.
Another excessive progress startup, NewFish®, is a number one New Zealand biotech and novel substances firm specializing in fermentation, manufacturing, R&D, commercialisation and manufacturing of novel seafoods and proteins derived from microalgae. The firm is headquartered in Auckland and works carefully with the Cawthron Institute, a number one world-leading marine science park headquartered in Nelson, New Zealand together with different New Zealand institutes and engineering companions.
Both corporations are on the forefront of advancing microalgae protein analysis and product improvement of their respective areas. Their collaboration spans their world worth chains, together with shared analysis and improvement, co-development of microalgae strains, substances provide for manufacturing, and commercializing new meals and different dairy options.
The place to begin for deeper collaboration
“We are pleased to form this strategic partnership with Sophie’s Bionutrients, already an industry leader in microalgae fermentation and proteins. NewFish, Cawthron Institute, and New Zealand have a complementary focus regarding novel ingredients, whereas we also have our endemic microalgae strains and species. This partnership will serve as a starting point for deeper global collaboration between the parties and will accelerate the microalgae foods and nutrition industry. We are solving a global issue, which requires a collective solution,” mentioned Hamish Howard, General Manager of NewFish.
“Together with NewFish and Cawthron Institute, we are working to overcome the challenges of obtaining sufficient microalgae strains, scaling production capacity, and bringing online sufficient global supply to make available affordable, taste and consistent foods made from microalgae. We are delighted about this Singapore–New Zealand–Netherlands–Taiwan partnership in which we are working together on the future of food,” emphasised Kirin Tsuei, co-founder and CCO of Sophie’s Bionutrients.
About Sophie’s Bionutrients
Sophie’s Bionutrients, a B2B meals expertise firm working between Singapore and the Netherlands, is on a mission to unleash the limitless prospects of nature, restore our planet and eradicate meals allergic reactions. It goals to realize this by creating plant-based, protein-rich options to meat and seafood utilizing microalgae.
About NewFish
NewFish is a fast-growing New Zealand biotech and commercialization enterprise fermenting New Zealand microalgae and underutilized seafood to re-imagine new sustainable meals and substances to assist feed our world.
SOURCE Sophie’s Bionutrients
