Nuggets, burgers, sandwich fillings… more and more people are going for meat-free variants. A huge market, which is still wide open. And this is where Bree-based start-up Naplasol is responding. The company has taken two years to develop a unique process whereby vegetable proteins are grown into a tasteless meat substitute, very similar in appearance … Read more
ILVO is the Flemish Institute for Agricultural, Fisheries and Food Research. With 730 employees, it conducts practice-oriented research on societal challenges related to food and bio-based processes. The Food Pilot (www.foodpilot.be) is operated jointly with Flanders’ FOOD and is a pilot facility with more than 70 food processing machines (overview pilot) and food analysis labs. … Read more
CAPTURE is a strategic collaboration between excellent researchers from UGent, University of Antwerp, VUB and VITO on the use of secondary raw materials (by-products, by-products and waste streams). Water and CO2 are two important areas at CAPTURE, and the technologists are developing processes for the production of microbial protein using raw materials recovered or derived … Read more
UGent there is top expertise present for the identification, quantification, characterization and purification of proteins. Expertise is present on the purification and characterization of proteins, via chromatographic techniques. The Applied Biotechnology research group focuses on synthetic biology of modular proteins, allowing new-to-nature functions of proteins to be developed. The Bart De Vreese group works mainly … Read more
Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant (BBEPP) is an independent multi-purpose pilot facility dedicated to the process development, scale-up and pilot production of bio-based products and processes. BBEPP was founded in 2008 and is based in Ghent. It is a service provider that has developed into the global reference for the scale-up of biobased innovations and … Read more
In addition, ILVO also has expertise in conducting feed-related research in farm animals and in aquaculture. On the one hand, ILVO has the necessary accommodation for this purpose to perform zootechnical tests such as digestion studies, performance studies or emission studies for the main farm animals (cattle, pigs and small animals). On the other hand, … Read more
For basic research in the field of microbial technology, strain selection and strains modification (via synthetic biology) you can come to UGent. Several labs at UGent have in-house expertise on fundamental process development in the field of microbial proteins. At the center for microbial ecology and technology CMET one researches both pure cultures and synthetic … Read more
ENOUGH are proud to announce the raising of €40 million in growth funding co-led by World Fund and CPT in order to scale up production. Other previous investors, including AXA IM Alts through the Axa Impact Fund, HAL Investments through 280ppm, Onassis Group through Olympic Investments Inc, Tailored Solutions and Scottish Enterprise also followed on. The … Read more
“Development, production and processing of fermentation based proteins in food, feed and fine chemicals” (article in Dutch) Summary. In the transition to a more sustainable food system, microbial protein is gaining ground. Microorganisms can produce two types of proteins through fermentation, biomass proteins and precision proteins. The production of biomass proteins, also called single cell … Read more
Belgian start-up food company Paleo has raised EUR 12 million, including from Gimv, Belgian government fund FPIM and Dutch food giant DSM. The aim of this new round of capital is to scale up production of its ingredients to make meat and fish alternatives taste convincing, it sounds. Read more in ‘Het Nieuwsblad’ Start-up Paleo … Read more