Onego Bio to Establish Flagship Manufacturing Facility in Jefferson County, Wisconsin
US-Finnish animal-free egg protein producer Onego Bio has announced plans to establish a flagship manufacturing facility in Jefferson County, Wisconsin. The company will become the second tenant at the county’s Food and Beverage Innovation Campus, after purchasing 25.9 acres within it for $777,000. The purchase was reportedly approved by the Jefferson County Board of Supervisors at its December meeting. The new facility will be dedicated to producing Bioalbumen®, a powdered …
Onego Bio Submits GRAS Notification to FDA for Animal-Free Egg White Protein Bioalbumen
Finnish-American food ingredient company Onego Bio has submitted a Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) notification to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its animal-free ovalbumin. Ovalbumin is the primary protein found in egg whites, and has been successfully replicated by Onego Bio through precision fermentation using the fungus Trichoderma reesei. Called Bioalbumen®, the animal-free egg protein has the same nutritional, functional, and performance properties as ovalbumin, with the …
Onego Bio Opens US Headquarters in San Diego to Scale Animal-Free Egg Protein
Onego Bio, a US-Finnish food technology company specializing in animal-free egg proteins, has opened a 5,000-square-foot commercial headquarters in San Diego, California. The facility includes office space, advanced laboratory capabilities, and a test kitchen designed to demonstrate the functional applications of its flagship product, Bioalbumen. Bioalbumen is a powdered, animal-free egg protein created through precision fermentation. It is designed to replicate the taste, nutrition, and functionality of traditional egg proteins …
PoLoPo and CSM Ingredients Partner to Develop Price-Stable Egg Protein Powder for the Baking Industry
PoLoPo, a molecular farming startup that grows proteins in potatoes, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the global ingredient-tech company CSM Ingredients to develop egg protein powder for baking applications. Commercial baking uses ovalbumin, the main protein in egg whites, extensively in many products, from croissants to donuts. However, constant avian flu outbreaks are disrupting egg production and the supply chain, leading to rising egg prices and instability. The collaboration …
Onego Bio Secures $15.2M for Animal-Free Bio-Identical Egg Protein
US-Finnish precision fermentation company Onego Bio has secured $15.2 million in funding from the European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator Program and other Series A investors. This takes the amount raised by the company in 2024 to $55 million, and its total funding to $70.8 million. Onego Bio produces Bioalbumen®, an animal-free bio-identical egg protein manufactured as an industrial food ingredient. Bioalbumen is said to have perfect protein quality, full functionality, …
Future of Foods Podcast: Maija Itkonen, CEO of Onego Bio Produces Bio-Identical Egg Proteins Without Chickens
Alex Crisp, host of Future of Foods Interviews, talks to Maija Itkonen, CEO and co-founder of Finnish precision fermentation company Onego Bio, about manufacturing real egg white protein, entirely without the use of chickens, which as Maija explains, are the most abused animal in the world. Onego Bio produces Bioalbumen, which the company says is bioidentical ovalbumin, the most important protein in egg white, delivering the nutritional and functional qualities …
“World’s Largest” Spanish Omelet Producer Partners with Every Co to Use the EVERY Egg
Grupo Empresarial Palacios Alimentación, which claims to be the world’s largest producer of Spanish omelets and string chorizo, has announced a commercial agreement with US biotech firm The Every Company. Following the agreement, Palacios will use the EVERY Egg — said to be the world’s first liquid egg product made using precision fermentation — in its flagship Spanish omelets. The egg alternative will also be incorporated into the research and …
The EVERY Co. and Landish Unveil FERMY Functional Coffee & Latte Mixes with Fermented Egg Proteins
US biotech The EVERY Co. announces it has partnered with Canada’s Landish Foods, a nutritional wellness products leader in North America, to launch FERMY, a new line of ready-to-mix protein powders for beverages featuring its precision fermentation-derived egg white protein. The new products under the new brand FERMY — Protein Coffee Enhancer and Protein Matcha Latte — offer 8 grams of digestible egg protein, as well as other brain-boosting ingredients …
Small Organisms Instead of Big Cows: Formo Discusses Benefits of Microfermentation to Create Animal-Free Cheese and Eggs
They taste like cheese, but are produced without the milk of cows. They are completely vegan, but have a much higher protein content than their plant-based counterparts. We are talking about Formo products. Formo’s microorganisms can perfectly recreate cow proteins such as whey or casein, or make entirely new proteins. A study published last year regarding consumer demand for animal-free cheese in the UK conducted by Formo in collaboration with …
PoLoPo Seeks USDA Approval, Says Production of Egg Proteins in “Plants, Not Animals, Will Set Off a Domino Effect in Sustainability”
Israeli agrifood startup PoLoPo announces it has initiated the regulatory approval process to grow egg proteins in genetically modified potatoes in the USA. PoLoPo explains that it has applied for a Regulatory Status Review (RSR) to the US Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to review its molecular farming platform called Super AA. The approval process evaluates whether GMO potatoes are as safe for agriculture and do …