Perfect Day Faces Legal Battle Over ‘Animal-Free Dairy’ Claims
Perfect Day, a biotech pioneer producing whey proteins via precision fermentation, is facing a lawsuit from Organic Consumers Association and Toxin Free USA. The lawsuit alleges deceptive marketing of its ProFerm whey protein, produced using a genetically engineered strain of Trichoderma reesei. While the FDA affirmed its GRAS (Generally Recognized as Safe) status in 2020, […]
Sterling Biotech Builds World’s First Fermentation-Based Dairy Protein Facility
Sterling Biotech, a joint venture between Perfect Day and Zydus, has commenced construction of the world’s first precision fermentation-based dairy protein manufacturing facility in the Bharuch district of Gujarat. Spanning 27 acres, this facility is expected to be operational by the first quarter of 2026, the company in a release said, adding that a foundation […]
Perfect Day : What is driving interest in whey protein ?
Today there are multiple startups making dairy proteins without cows. But back in 2014, Perfect Day founders Ryan Pandya and Perumal Gandhi were in a field of one, creating a completely new category in food. So what was Pandya’s vision for the business in the early days, how different is it today, and what’s the exit strategy for […]
Perfect Day : What is driving interest in whey protein ?
Today there are multiple startups making dairy proteins without cows. But back in 2014, Perfect Day founders Ryan Pandya and Perumal Gandhi were in a field of one, creating a completely new category in food. So what was Pandya’s vision for the business in the early days, how different is it today, and what’s the exit strategy for […]
Startups are producing real dairy without a cow in sight
The global dairy industry is undergoing a remarkable transformation, thanks to the innovation and ingenuity of startups. These companies are challenging the traditional methods of dairy production by creating real dairy products without a cow in sight. Using advanced techniques such as precision fermentation, these startups are revolutionizing the way we think about dairy and […]
Danone invests in animal-free dairy startup Imagindairy
Danone’s corporate venture arm Danone Manifesto Ventures has taken a minority stake in Imagindairy, an Israeli startup making ‘animal-free’ dairy proteins via precision fermentation (using microbes instead of cows). While Danone is heavily invested in plant-based dairy through brands such as Silk, Alpro and So Delicious, this is its first move into the animal-free dairy space, whereby firms engineer fungi or yeast to make dairy proteins such as […]
How single-celled yeasts are doing the work of 1,500-pound cows
The first course was a celery root soup lush with whole milk. The last was a spice cake topped with maple cream cheese frosting, served with a side of ice cream. And then a latte with its fat cap of glossy foam. In all, a delicious lunch. Maybe a little heavy on the dairy. Only […]
Anonymous Petitioner Challenges Perfect Day’s Patents For Whey
Perfect Day, the leading producer of precision fermentation whey, has had its US patent challenged by an anonymous petitioner. The news of the patent challenge broke yesterday. While the request has not been made public on the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) website, it is now visible through the online tool PatSnap, AgFunder News […]
Perfect Day Expands Global Footprint :Owned Manufacturing Cap in India
Perfect Day, Inc. today announces a deepening of its global vision and production prowess with two critical steps in India—a critical market for the company to scale its production capacity, extend its kinder, greener impact, and add top caliber talent to its team. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India has approved the company’s […]
Nestlé Is Set To Release Animal-Free Dairy Products This Year
Food and beverage giant Nestlé has announced that it is “exploring” the potential of animal-free dairy through a partnership with California-based Perfect Day. The news makes Nestlé the latest in a growing list of established and start-up companies to look to the alternative dairy protein manufacturer as a supplier for new product lines. Starbucks and Mars are included in […]