

RenewFood
ReNewFood is combining cutting edge biotech and foodtech to produce natural but new-to-food flavouring ingredients that can support healthier and more sustainable food & drink products.
- Cohort
- NG Autumn 24
- Sector
- Agriculture & Food · Materials & Chemicals
Product & technology
Heme Protein - heme is the source of ‘meaty’ flavours in meat, and ReNewFood is presenting a new class of plant-derived heme protein to the food industry for the first time to bring this same genuine ‘meaty’ flavour to plant-based meat with the aim of increasing adoption of more sustainable alternative proteins
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Why we invested
- →Team has identified a new class of plant based heme protein that competitors have not.
- →Removing the need for GM in products alongside flavour enhancers like salt.
- →Demonstrated small scale production at lab scale
Technology
Synthetic Biology
Impact
Sustainability
Raising