How Michroma is Revolutionizing Natural Food Colourants with Fungi

by Narsi | 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...

IIT-Roorkee Develops Bio-based Packaging Technology to Combat Counterfeiting

by Narsi | Feb 17, 2024 | Bio based Polymers, India Updates, Land Pollution, Microbial Pathways

Polymer scientists at IIT-Roorkee have developed an indigenous technology to produce bio-based packaging materials that can prevent counterfeiting of products. The technology uses bagasse, an agro-waste from sugarcane, and organic acids extracted from fruits to create...

Global Recognition for Indian-Led Startup’s Food Waste Solution

by Narsi | Feb 16, 2024 | Bioinformatics, India Updates, Nanotechnology Pathways

Feb 16, 2024 The innovative Nosh app, leveraging sophisticated machine learning algorithms to assist households in reducing food waste. By keeping track of the contents of their fridges and cupboards, the app empowers users to make informed decisions, thus reducing...

World’s first bio-based vitamin B7 – Biosyntia raises $11.6 million in funding.

by Narsi | 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...

Capturing the carbon to make “carbon negative” – UK government’s $2.5 Billion bet on Drax.

by Narsi | Feb 8, 2024 | Air Pollution, Bioenergy, Biofuels, Biomass for Commercial Heating, Biomass for Industrial Heating, Biomass Power Plants, Innovation Insights, Thermochemical Pathways

UK government approves $2.5B project for ‘carbon negative’ power plant in Drax Power station in North Yorkshire, in the north of England. Drax, the power station in Yorkshire, which produces around 4% of the UK’s power, mostly burns biomass imported from North...

Bio-Nylon -How Genomatica Is Fermenting A $10 Billion Market.

by Narsi | 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...