by | Feb 19, 2024 | Bio Based Inks, Bio Products, Chemical Pathways, Innovation Insights, Microbial Pathways
Michroma is developing natural vegan-friendly food colourants powered by fungi to overhaul synthetic and animal-based, non-vegan food dyes. The product is part of a new family of fungal-derived pigments, called atrorosins, that the cofounders discovered. The natural...
by | Feb 8, 2024 | Bio Products, Consumer Products, Innovation Insights, Microbial Pathways, Nutraceuticals
Biosyntia raises $11.6m to launch world’s first bio-based vitamin B7 Biosyntia uses “precision fermentation” technology to concentrate the active materials from the plants – this process involves the use of engineered microbes to convert sugar into...
by | Feb 8, 2024 | Bio based Polymers, Bio Based Textiles, Bio Products, Innovation Insights, Land Pollution, Microbial Pathways
Genomatica (San Diego) intends to develop enzymatic pathways for the production of the chemical building blocks hexamethylenediamine, adipic acid and caprolactam – which are essential in production of nylon. Genomatica reached a milestone that epitomizes a shift...
by | Feb 8, 2024 | Bio Based Textiles, Bio Products, Innovation Insights, Land Pollution, Microbial Pathways
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...
by | Feb 8, 2024 | Bio Products, Microbial Pathways, Nutraceuticals, Plant Ecosystem
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...
by | Feb 8, 2024 | Bio Based Textiles, Bio Products, Innovation Insights, Microbial Pathways, Natural Dyes, Water Pollution
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...
