💪 Healthy ageing ingredients
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Asterix Foods raised $4.2M to scale low-cost plant-cell platform for functional proteins
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- Asterix Foods, an Israeli startup, emerged from stealth with $4.2M to scale its plant-cell culture platform for producing functional proteins as a low-cost alternative to precision fermentation.
- Its modular bioreactors operate continuously at room temperature and can produce multiple glycoproteins such as lactoferrin and ovomucoid, reportedly cutting facility costs by over 95%.
- It says multiple proteins can be produced on the same line.
- It plans a B2B model, licensing its bioreactors, cell lines, and processes to ingredient and dairy companies for seamless integration.
**Vegconomist & AgFunderNews**
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💉 GLP-1
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Evolv introduces GLP-1 biomimetic supplement for weight management
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- Evolv, a US-based startup, launched a “biomimetic” dietary supplement made from dried engineered baker’s yeast that delivers a peptide activating GLP-1 and GIP receptors, bridging nutrition and pharma.
- The supplement, with a 1–2 day half-life, is currently being tested in a 90-day human clinical study involving 120 participants assessing weight loss, appetite suppression, and blood glucose control.
- It also submitted a new dietary ingredient notification to the FDA (not yet public) and launched the supplement directly to consumers.
Comment: this category of biomimetic ingredients that can be a substitute or a booster to GLP-1 drugs is getting a lot of attention (this startup announcement, as the one about Lembas a few months ago). If the human study succeeds and proves an effect, then the question will be to know if the ingredient can be included in food products.
Source: Better Bioeconomy
**AgFunderNews**
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🦠 Gut health & “better-for-you”
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Floura raised $1M to scale upcycled fibre-rich snacks tackling gut health and food waste
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- Floura, a US-based startup, raised $1M to expand its next-generation fibre brand.
- It upcycles fruit trimmings such as apple cores and rinds into fibre-rich snack bars aimed at improving gut health and reducing food waste.
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Danone’s new OneBiome Lab in Paris
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- Danone inaugurated its OneBiome Laboratory at its French R&I Campus, dedicated to gut microbiome research and mapping diet–health links across populations.
- The lab leverages high throughput sequencing, AI, immersive tech, and Danone’s proprietary ferment library to develop targeted biotic solutions (pre-, pro-, and post- and synbiotics) for gut health and support science-based product innovation as part of its Renew strategy.
**Les Echos & FoodNavigator**
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