Expansion to Singapore and partnership with ScaleUp Bio will accelerate precision fermentation of animal-free fats from lab to pilot scale, towards supporting the future of food security.

Nourish Ingredients, the revolutionary food tech company creating potent, animalic fats to make plant proteins delicious, has announced its strategic expansion to Singapore to scale up its potent fat production. Nourish Ingredients will operate from the Food Tech Innovation Centre (FTIC), Temasek-owned Nurasa’s flagship pilot and development facility, to access shared labs and key pilot-scale equipment. 

Founded in Australia, Nourish Ingredients uses deep technology to recreate natural animalic fats without the animal. Focusing on the most potent molecules found in nature, Nourish Ingredients’ fats provide the authentic taste, smell, and cooking experience people want and expect, without the cost or chemicals. The company’s focus on the precision fermentation process is designed to be highly scalable and affordable as a result of the relatively low volumes required, enabling it to work with the world’s largest food makers. 

Through a collaboration with Nurasa joint venture company ScaleUp Bio, Nourish Ingredients has started establishing a regional footprint to scale their product and more easily work with the regulatory body, the Singapore Food Authority, ahead of public release. ScaleUp Bio is the first in Singapore and one of the first in Asia to offer end-to-end contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO) services for food tech companies in process optimisation and scale-up. The partnership will support 10,000 litre batches of fermentation capacity as well as 100 litres of thermal processing, to successfully scale production of speciality fats and unlock flavour for the next generation of plant-based proteins.

“Nourish Ingredients combines breakthrough science with a focus on the most potent fat molecules found in nature to transform the plant-based proteins market. Without the right fats, alternative proteins just don’t have what it takes to deliver on the one thing that consumers want, which is authentic taste,” said James Petrie, Co-Founder and CEO of Nourish Ingredients. “Nourish Ingredients fats are key to making alternative proteins taste incredible and is the missing piece for the plant protein industry.”  

Singapore has for several years pioneered innovation in the alternative proteins sector. As the nation continues to address the challenges of ensuring food security and self-sufficiency, Nourish Ingredients and ScaleUp Bio will play a pivotal role in revolutionising plant-based proteins and scaling production to meet the demand for alternative food sources. 

“With more consumer demand for alternative proteins, it’s vital that sustainable food companies are provided the right commercialisation pillars to accelerate scalability. Our partnership with Nourish Ingredients will not only accelerate the production of speciality fats but also help create sustainable food products that excite consumers,” said Francisco Codoner, CEO of ScaleUp Bio. “ScaleUp Bio empowers global food-tech companies like Nourish Ingredients to access state-of-the art laboratory facilities and industry expertise on their lab to market scale-up journey, enabling these firms to empower the next food revolution.” 

Through its presence in Singapore and research collaborations with the Agency for Science, Technology, and Research (A*STAR), Nourish Ingredients will support the government’s vision of producing 30 percent of the nation’s nutritional needs locally by 2030, with a highly sustainable and scalable solution to improving the quality and flavour of plant-based proteins currently in the market.  

“Singapore’s highly enabling ecosystem – from regulatory and legal support to production capabilities – and commitment to innovation and sustainability makes it an ideal hub for showcasing our groundbreaking natural fats to investors and customers in the Asia Pacific region,” said Anna El Tahchy, CTO & Founder Director of Nourish Ingredients. “We know that if we can improve the taste of alternative proteins, Nourish Ingredients can spur the category’s mainstream consumer adoption for greater food security in Singapore.” 

About Nourish Ingredients

Nourish Ingredients is a revolutionary food tech company creating potent, animalic fats to make plant proteins delicious. Combining breakthrough science with a focus on the most potent fat molecules found in nature, Nourish Ingredients is changing the plant proteins market by creating the authentic taste, smell, and cooking experience people want and expect.

Founded in Australia by scientists from the national science agency CSIRO, Nourish combines deep scientific expertise with some of the world’s largest food makers to deliver the missing piece in the plant protein industry, ready to feed billions.

About Nurasa

In pursuit of its mission of accelerating the commercialisation of sustainable foods in Asia, Nurasa, together with its technical and R&D partner, A*STAR’s Singapore Institute for Food and Biotechnology Innovation (SIFBI), has established a new 3,800 sqm food-grade pilot and development facility for sustainable foods – the Food Tech Innovation Centre (FTIC). Located in Biopolis, the FTIC offers end-to-end services, including food-grade production capabilities from lab to pilot scale, for alternative protein and future food companies in their scale-up journey, alongside an innovation ecosystem for R&D, technical advisory, and potential investment support. The FTIC will be the first facility of its kind in Singapore where key pilot-scale equipment for high-moisture extrusion, high-pressure processing, and submerged, microbial, and precision fermentation will be available for food tech start-ups. Nurasa, formerly known as Asia’s Sustainable Foods Platform, is a wholly owned company of Temasek. To learn more, visit www.nurasa.com.

About ScaleUp Bio

ScaleUp Bio is a Singapore-based, pioneering company providing dedicated food-grade submerged microbial and precision fermentation facilities and comprehensive contract development and manufacturing organisation services for innovative start-up food tech companies from around the world. ScaleUp Bio is a joint-venture company of ADM, global leader in nutrition and agricultural origination and processing, and Nurasa, a company focused on accelerating the commercialisation and adoption of sustainable food across Asia and wholly owned by Temasek, a global investment management company in Singapore.