Category : Consumer Products


Bio-based silk producer AM Silk secures US $ 27 million funding.

AM Silk, from Germany, the first company in the world to provide vegan silk biopolymers for industrial use, has obtained an extra US $ 27 million in Series C financing. The vegan silk is created through the process of transferring the genetic code from a...


Plant cell tech – Ayana Bio Launches its Health & Wellness Ingredients.

Ayana Bio announced the first-ever launch of plant cell-cultivated lemon balm and echinacea health and wellness ingredients, starting with the U.S. market. Boston based Ayana Bio's products, produced using plant cell cultivation technology - usually termed as tissue culture, a means to create plant materials...


Bio-based dyes for jeans – AGI Denim & Huue partner to create sustainable denim.

Pakistan denim manufacturer AGI Denim has partnered with sustainable dye maker Huue of California to produce denim jeans made from Huue Indigo, which uses microbial fermentation to create colors in a sustainable alternative to traditional dyes. Huue Indigo studies the enzymes in plants that create...


Algae-derived omega-3 – MiAlgae ‘s product for aqua feed and pet food

Using its novel biotechnology platform, MiAlgae recycles the co-products from the Scotch whisky industry as a feedstock to grow omega-3 rich microalgae that can be used as a fish feed and pet food ingredient. The Edinburgh-based Biotech company, MiAlgae, has officially launched its omega-3 product NaturAlgae, which...


Carbon negative black Pigments – Living Ink secures $3.5 million.

Living Ink announced this week that it secured $3.5 million to scale its flagship product, Algae Black. The patented black pigment is made from algae biomass waste that would otherwise end up in a landfill.  A biomaterials company, Living Ink has developed inks based on...


Bio-based dyes – Chromologics bag $7.5 million as seed funding.

Chromologics, a Danish biotech leveraging precision fermentation technology to produce colors for the food industry, has received $7.5 million as seed funding. The product is part of a new family of fungal-derived pigments, called atrorosins, that the cofounders discovered. The natural red food coloring is...


IDH and Better Cotton Host Event to Promote Regenerative Agriculture in India

A grand event was hosted by IDH and Better Cotton, the world’s largest cotton sustainability initiative, in New Delhi to promote regenerative agriculture in India. The event brought together various stakeholders from farming communities, private sector, civil society and government to collaborate, share insights, and...


EID Parry aims to transform into a biofuel and food & nutrition company

June, 2023 According to its CEO, the EID Parry firm will concentrate more on developing market niches including nutraceuticals, sustainable aviation fuel, and ethanol blending. The business has already made investments to increase the capacity of its distillery and improve compliance with environmental safety regulations....