Better Dairy Develops Animal-Free Osteopontin
UK-based startup Better Dairy has achieved a significant milestone by producing osteopontin—a bioactive protein prevalent in human milk—through precision fermentation using genetically engineered yeast. Traditionally, osteopontin extraction from cow’s milk is inefficient, requiring thousands of liters to yield just one kilogram, making it scarce and costly. Osteopontin plays a crucial role in infant development, impacting […]
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 […]
Creating a Risk Register for the Dairy Industry Amidst the Meta Crisis
Globally , Ist Jun is celebrated as World Milk day. Dairy is a globally essential food source, consumed by over 80% of the world’s population. It provides vital nutrients for people of all ages, supports millions of livelihoods through dairy farming, and contributes significantly to national economies in many countries. Happy World Milk Day to […]
New Cow’s Milk Substitute May Impact New Zealand Dairy
Scientists have found a new way to make a substitute for cow’s milk that could have a radical effect on the dairy industry. It’s called precision fermentation – creating cow protein in the lab – and could replace dairy ingredients, which make up a significant proportion of New Zealand’s export market. “Precision fermentation of dairy […]
Imagindairy scales animal-free dairy manufacturing capabilities
HAIFA, ISRAEL — Israel-based animal-free dairy protein food tech startup Imagindairy has acquired and is operating its own industrial-scale precision fermentation production lines that are focused on the production of dairy ingredients. With the facility, the company will now be able to produce more than 100,000 liters of fermentation capacity. It is currently producing industrial-scale […]
Israeli foodtech startup secures US regulatory nod for cow-free dairy protein
Imagindairy seeks to partner with US food companies to scale up the production of its animal-free protein used in cow-free dairy products like cheeses, yogurt and ice cream Israeli foodtech startup Imagindairy Ltd. has received US regulatory clearance that its animal-free proteins can be safely used in the production of dairy duplicates, like milk and […]
Three issues arise in animal-free dairy
Precision fermentation plays a vital role in the animal-free dairy category. Speakers at SupplySide West in Las Vegas talked about the technology’s sustainability benefits, potential food safety issues and cost-reduction options. Replacing one truckload of conventional whey protein isolate with Perfect Day’s animal-free whey protein isolate could save 1,276 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions and […]
Taste of future: crafting new dairy products
Next-generation milk, cheese and yoghurt ingredients produced using precision fermentation will be among the first developed by Australia’s Food and Beverage Accelerator (FaBA). A team led by Associate Professor Esteban Marcellin from The University of Queensland’s Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) will work with industry partner All G Foods developing nature-identical proteins for dairy ingredients and products. FaBA Director Dr […]
Bon Vivant Raises €15M to “Transform the Dairy Sector”
French Biotech Bon Vivant announces it has secured €15 million in an oversubscribed equity finance round led by Sofinnova Partners, Sparkfood, and Captech, for precision fermentation-derived whey and casein proteins for the B2B dairy alternative market. The company also states today its intention to commercialize in the US by 2025. Claiming to be one of the world’s only biotech companies […]
A dairy disruption is brewing in Indian startups at Phyx44 labs
In the pristine labs at Phyx44 in Bengaluru, a shiny hundred-litre fermenter tank pours out gallons of milk. The creamy white frothy liquid is chemically identical to the milk we get from cows and buffaloes, but its origins are very different. No animal was touched to produce this milk. It’s the result of ‘smart proteins’. A genetic code that tells the cow’s […]