Precision Fermentation

Precision fermentation leverages engineered microorganisms to produce defined proteins, lipids, and functional ingredients for food applications. The approach enables animal-free dairy and egg proteins, as well as specialty ingredients, with consistent quality and scalable production.
 

Why It Matters Today

• Advances sustainable food production beyond traditional agriculture
• Ensures consistent, high-quality ingredients through tightly controlled bioprocesses
• Enables scalable manufacturing of dairy and egg proteins, enzymes, and high-value specialty compounds

How It Works
Strain Development
Engineering and optimizing microbial strains tailored to specific target molecules.
 

Controlled Fermentation
Real-time monitoring and control of pH, dissolved oxygen, CO₂, and cell growth to ensure reproducible performance.
 

Optimization and Scale-up
Systematic process development to maximize yield, efficiency, and batch-to-batch consistency from lab to production scale.
 

Downstream Processing
Isolation and purification strategies designed to meet stringent food-grade quality standards.

Upstream Challenges in Precision Fermentation - And How to Address Them Early

Common Challenges Before Scale-up

• Promising lab-scale results fail to translate to production
• Strain performance declines under real process conditions
• Limited visibility into critical process parameters
• Suboptimal pH, DO, and feeding strategies
• High experimental variability
• Late identification of scale-limiting constraints

Optimize Your Process with bioReactor 48
 

Parallel Experimentation
Run up to 48 parallel, single-use bioreactors to accelerate strain screening and process development.

High Control & Reproducibility
Precise control of key parameters ensures consistent, comparable data across experiments.

Scalable Process Insights
Generate high-quality data to guide informed scale-up decisions and reduce technical risk.
 

Faster, Data-Driven Decisions
Identify optimal conditions earlier