Brevel’s microalgae protein.
Kibbutz Yotvata and Brevel have co-signed an agreement to build a commercial-scale facility to cultivate and produce microalgae-based protein for the food and beverage industry.
The facility, located in Israel, will be home to the largest fermentation reactors of their kind; in full capacity, the total manufacturing volume will reach up to 900,000 litres and 3,000 tons of dry product per year. Today, Brevel uses fermenters that have a capacity of 5,000 litres.
Brevel is providing microalgae-based alternative protein which is affordable, highly functional, sustainable and at consistent and scalable production. Brevel’s technology is the first globally to combine sugar-based microalgae fermentation with a high concentration of light at industrial scales.
The result is a colour- and flavour-neutral protein that will be price competitive with pea and soy. Brevel’s protein solves immediate challenges in plant-based dairy and egg products that lack a valuable nutritional profile due to the need for very mildly-flavoured protein sources.
Yonatan Golan, CEO and co-founder of Brevel, said: “We are actively working to solve the biggest nutrition challenges that exist today. The company is achieving this by providing truly sustainable plant-based protein that is available for the first time at an affordable cost for the food industry.”
CEO of Yotvata, Hannan Shushan, added: “We are proud to build the largest facility of its kind in the world. Yotvata is dedicated to finding sustainable solutions to feed the ever-growing world population and believes that the alternative-protein market will play a big part in that mission. The agreement with Brevel is a significant step in that direction.”
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