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The Challenge:
The Scale-Up Gap
For ingredient developers, the barrier to entry into precision fermentation is rarely biology—it is scalability . Promising strains that perform in a petri dish often fail in industrial bioreactors due to shear stress, oxygen transfer limitations, or genetic instability.
Furthermore, the path to market is blocked by the "Valley of Death" of regulatory compliance. Achieving GRAS status or Novel Food approval requires multi-year toxicology studies and millions in capital investment before a single kilogram is sold. You need innovation, but you cannot afford the timeline risks of starting from zero.
The Challenge:
The Scale-Up Gap
For ingredient developers, the barrier to entry into precision fermentation is rarely biology—it is scalability . Promising strains that perform in a petri dish often fail in industrial bioreactors due to shear stress, oxygen transfer limitations, or genetic instability.
Furthermore, the path to market is blocked by the "Valley of Death" of regulatory compliance. Achieving GRAS status or Novel Food approval requires multi-year toxicology studies and millions in capital investment before a single kilogram is sold. You need innovation, but you cannot afford the timeline risks of starting from zero.
The Challenge:
The Scale-Up Gap
For ingredient developers, the barrier to entry into precision fermentation is rarely biology—it is scalability . Promising strains that perform in a petri dish often fail in industrial bioreactors due to shear stress, oxygen transfer limitations, or genetic instability.
Furthermore, the path to market is blocked by the "Valley of Death" of regulatory compliance. Achieving GRAS status or Novel Food approval requires multi-year toxicology studies and millions in capital investment before a single kilogram is sold. You need innovation, but you cannot afford the timeline risks of starting from zero.
The Solution:
A Validated Industrial Platform
We license a fully de-risked manufacturing platform. We have already solved the upstream, downstream, and regulatory challenges so you don't have to.
Strain Efficiency & Robustness
We provide access to proprietary, industrially robust strains optimized for high-yield fermentation in standard aerobic tanks.
Standardized Purity
We deliver a specification of >90% protein purity (as is) with controlled ash content (<7.5%), allowing for precise formulation control.
Clean Profile
Unlike many plant isolates, our casein offers a neutral, mild dairy flavor free from vegetal off-notes, eliminating the need for complex masking systems.
Sweetener Platform
Utilization of Gluconobacter oxydans as a biocatalyst for selective oxidation, operating at defined parameters (pH 5.8–6.2; 33–37°C).
Protein Platform
Precision-engineered E. coli strains designed for the secretion of complex dairy proteins with micelle-forming capability.
Downstream Purity (DSP)
Our technology packages include validated purification trains that guarantee the removal of processing aids and biomass to strict safety limits.
Clean Profile
Unlike many plant isolates, our casein offers a neutral, mild dairy flavor free from vegetal off-notes, eliminating the need for complex masking systems.
Purification Train
A proven sequence of Centrifugation → Activated Carbon → Ion Exchange → Ultrafiltration/Nanofiltration (UF/NF).
Residual Control
Processes are validated to achieve residual protein limits of ≤10 mg/kg and residual DNA levels of ≤10 ng/g, ensuring the final ingredient is pure and compliant.
Regulatory Readiness
Licensees gain the advantage of our completed safety work. Our packages include comprehensive Self-GRAS files backed by OECD-compliant genotoxicity data (Ames & Chromosomal Aberration) and full allergen mapping.
Regulatory Readiness Licensees
gainthe advantage of our completed safety work.
Our packages include comprehensive Self-GRAS files backed by OECD-compliant genotoxicity data (Ames & Chromosomal Aberration) and full allergen mapping.
Strain Efficiency & Robustness
We provide access to proprietary, industrially robust strains optimized for high-yield fermentation in standard aerobic tanks.
Sweetener Platform
Utilization of Gluconobacter oxydans as a biocatalyst for selective oxidation, operating at defined parameters (pH 5.8–6.2; 33–37°C).
Thermal Stability
The ingredient remains functional through high-heat processing steps like UHT and retort, ensuring stability in shelf-stable nutritional beverages.
Protein Platform
Precision-engineered E. coli strains designed for the secretion of complex dairy proteins with micelle-forming capability.
Clean Profile
Unlike many plant isolates, our casein offers a neutral, mild dairy flavor free from vegetal off-notes, eliminating the need for complex masking systems.
Downstream Purity (DSP)
Our technology packages include validated purification trains that guarantee the removal of processing aids and biomass to strict safety limits.
Purification Train
A proven sequence of Centrifugation → Activated Carbon → Ion Exchange → Ultrafiltration/Nanofiltration (UF/NF).
Thermal Stability
The ingredient remains functional through high-heat processing steps like UHT and retort, ensuring stability in shelf-stable nutritional beverages.
Residual Control
Processes are validated to achieve residual protein limits of ≤10 mg/kg and residual DNA levels of ≤10 ng/g, ensuring the final ingredient is pure and compliant.
Clean Profile
Unlike many plant isolates, our casein offers a neutral, mild dairy flavor free from vegetal off-notes, eliminating the need for complex masking systems.
We provide access to proprietary, industrially robust strains optimized for high-yield fermentation in standard aerobic tanks.
Strain Efficiency & Robustness
Sweetener Platform
Utilization of Gluconobacter oxydans as a biocatalyst for selective oxidation, operating at defined parameters (pH 5.8–6.2; 33–37°C).
Protein Platform
Precision-engineered E. coli strains designed for the secretion of complex dairy proteins with micelle-forming capability.
Standardized Purity
We deliver a specification of >90% protein purity (as is) with controlled ash content (<7.5%), allowing for precise formulation control.
Clean Profile
Unlike many plant isolates, our casein offers a neutral, mild dairy flavor free from vegetal off-notes, eliminating the need for complex masking systems.
Downstream Purity (DSP)
Our technology packages include validated purification trains that guarantee the removal of processing aids and biomass to strict safety limits.
Purification Train
A proven sequence of Centrifugation → Activated Carbon → Ion Exchange → Ultrafiltration/Nanofiltration (UF/NF).
Residual Control
Processes are validated to achieve residual protein limits of ≤10 mg/kg and residual DNA levels of ≤10 ng/g, ensuring the final ingredient is pure and compliant.
Standardized Purity
We deliver a specification of >90% protein purity (as is) with controlled ash content (<7.5%), allowing for precise formulation control.
Clean Profile
Unlike many plant isolates, our casein offers a neutral, mild dairy flavor free from vegetal off-notes, eliminating the need for complex masking systems.
THE SOLUTION:
BIO-IDENTICAL FUNCTIONALITY
At Fooditive, we license a precision fermentation platform that produces Non-Animal Casein , a protein functionally and nutritionally identical to bovine milk.
Micelle Architecture
Our proprietary downstream assembly mimics the native micelle structure found in milk, which is the critical mechanism for delivering authentic stretch in mozzarella analogues and body in yogurts.
Thermal Stability
The ingredient remains functional through high-heat processing steps like UHT and retort, ensuring stability in shelf-stable nutritional beverages.
Standardized Purity
We deliver a specification of >90% protein purity (as is) with controlled ash content (<7.5%), allowing for precise formulation control.
Clean Profile
Unlike many plant isolates, our casein offers a neutral, mild dairy flavor free from vegetal off-notes, eliminating the need for complex masking systems.
The Partnership Model: Honest Tech Transfer
Our business model is built on Intellectual Property Transfer . We enable you to become the manufacturer, leveraging your existing fermentation capacity or partner network.
The Licensing Package When you license the Fooditive Engine™ , you receive a "White Box" transfer, not a black box.
The Biological Asset
Access to the Working Cell Banks (WCB) and strain maintenance protocols.
The Playbook
Comprehensive Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Process Flow Diagrams (PFDs), and Critical Process Parameters (CPPs) for both upstream and downstream.
The Support
A dedicated technical liaison supports your engineering team during the first commercial runs to ensure yield targets are met.
The Partnership Model:
Honest Tech Transfer
Our business model is built on Intellectual Property Transfer . We enable you to become the manufacturer, leveraging your existing fermentation capacity or partner network.
The Licensing Package When you license the Fooditive Engine™ , you receive a "White Box" transfer, not a black box.
The Biological Asset
Access to the Working Cell Banks (WCB) and strain maintenance protocols.
The Playbook
Comprehensive Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Process Flow Diagrams (PFDs), and Critical Process Parameters (CPPs) for both upstream and downstream.
The Partnership Model:
Honest Tech Transfer
Our business model is built on Intellectual Property Transfer . We enable you to become the manufacturer, leveraging your existing fermentation capacity or partner network.
The Licensing Package When you license the Fooditive Engine™ , you receive a "White Box" transfer, not a black box.
The Biological Asset
Access to the Working Cell Banks (WCB) and strain maintenance protocols.
The Playbook
Comprehensive Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Process Flow Diagrams (PFDs), and Critical Process Parameters (CPPs) for both upstream and downstream.
The Support
A dedicated technical liaison supports your engineering team during the first commercial runs to ensure yield targets are met.
Co-Development
For ingredient companies looking to expand their portfolio, we act as an innovation partner. We can adapt our platform to express novel targets or optimize specific functionalities relevant to your market niche.
Validation:
Proof of Concept
Before committing to a full license, we invite partners to validate the technology via our Sample & Pilot Access Program .
Step 1
Validate the ingredient specs (purity, functionality) in your own application labs.
Step 2
Review the regulatory dossier summaries with your quality team.
Step 3
Engage in a scoped technology transfer discussion.
Validation: Proof of Concept
Before committing to a full license, we invite partners to validate the technology via our Sample & Pilot Access Program .
Step 1
Validate the ingredient specs (purity, functionality) in your own application labs.
Step 2
Review the regulatory dossier summaries with your quality team.
Step 3
Engage in a scoped technology transfer discussion.
Validation: Proof of Concept
Before committing to a full license, we invite partners to validate the technology via our Sample & Pilot Access Program
Step 1
Validate
the ingredient specs (purity, functionality) in your own application labs.
Step 2
Review the regulatory dossier summaries with your quality team.
Step 3
Engage in a scoped technology transfer discussion.
VALIDATION: THE JOINT PILOT PROGRAM
We do not believe in generic sampling. To ensure success, we engage in a Sample & Pilot Access Program .
Step 1
Define the technical challenge (eg, "Improve melt in vegan pizza cheese").
Step 2
We design a paid or co-funded pilot trial using NaCasein, targeting inclusion rates of 8–18% for cheese analogues or 2–10% for plant-based milks.
Step 3
Our technical team supports your formulation work until the concept is validated.
VALIDATION: PROOF OF CONCEPT
Before committing to a full license, we invite partners to validate the technology via our Sample & Pilot Access Program .
Step 1
Validate the ingredient specs (purity, functionality) in your own application labs.
Step 2
Review the regulatory dossier summaries with your quality team.
Step 3
Engage in a scoped technology transfer discussion.