🍬 Sugar

• Finlays Solutions, a US global supplier of tea, coffee, and botanical ingredients, took a minority stake in fellow startup NewTree Fruit Company to scale its patented fruit de-sugaring technology across North America and develop low/no-sugar, nutrient-dense solutions amid rising GLP-1-driven demand.

🍦 Fat

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<aside> 💰 Melt&Marble raised $8.5M to launch precision-fermented fats

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• Melt&Marble, a Swedish startup, raised $8.5M, notably from German personal care company Beiersdorf and Finnish dairy company Valio, to scale up and launch its precision-fermented fats.
• It targets commercialisation in personal care in 2026 and is progressing US GRAS for applications in dairy, meat, chocolate and bakery alternatives.
• It is co-developing products with both investors.

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👅 Other taste enhancers/modulators

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<aside> 💰 EvodiaBio raised €6M to expand its precision-fermented natural aroma portfolio for food & beverages

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• EvodiaBio, a Danish startup, raised €6M to expand its precision fermentation platform producing volatile hop aroma molecules beyond beer into broader flavour and aroma applications (e.g. wine).
• It reports industrial-scale production and a profitable first product, using Symrise and Lallemand as commercial channels.
• The funding will support expansion across Europe, the US and Canada, while preparing entry into Asia.

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