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Spanish innovative SME developing new sweeteners is looking for a manufacturer to produce his sweetener at least 3000MT for 2025 for sugar replacement

Summary

Profile Type
  • Business request
POD Reference
BRES20240911013
Term of Validity
11 September 2024 - 11 September 2025
Company's Country
  • Spain
Type of partnership
  • Supplier agreement
Targeted Countries
  • All countries
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General information

Short Summary
Spanish innovative SME focused on R&D for new tech sweeteners is looking for a partner to produce his own sweetener to launch in 2025. The company needs a manufacturer on DSP (Downstream Process). Major challenge is crystallization to be done like traditional sugar refineries or other methods. The company is seeking a supplier agreement for at least 3000MT on 2025 to launch into EU market the new sweetener.
Full Description
The Spanish start up is making new tech sweeteners through fermentation. They are working on a new production process of sweeteners avoiding free enzymes methods. Those new processes are much suitable, clean and better than traditional achieving a good cost reduction in production. They need a partner in purification, a mother liquor will be provided, and there are the following steps involved, centrifugation, crystallization and drying to make white fine powder. The partner should have an international accreditation on quality standards like IFS (International Feature Standards) or BRC (British Retail Consortium). Targeted countries for sales are EU and USA.
Cooperation is offered within the framework of a supplier agreement.
Stage of Development
  • Available for demonstration
Sustainable Development Goals
  • Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation
  • Goal 5: Gender Equality
  • Goal 2: Zero Hunger
  • Goal 13: Climate Action
  • Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production
  • Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being
IPR description
The process should be very easy, with crystallization as a major challenge. It will be mixed with controlled temperature and agitation, bioconversion will happen and then starts the purification, with separating a liquid as a co-product.

Partner Sought

Expected Role of a Partner
Type of partner:
Food manufacturer or Bioprocess CMO (Contract Manufacturer Organization)
The partner should have an international accreditation on quality standards like IFS or BRC.

Role of the partner:
Sweeteners manufacturing supplier
Type and Size of Partner
  • Big company
  • Other
  • SME 50 - 249
  • SME 11-49
Type of partnership
  • Supplier agreement

Dissemination

Technology keywords
  • 08001005 - Food Technology
  • 08001002 - Food Additives/Ingredients/Functional Food
  • 08001004 - Food Processing
Market keywords
  • 05008002 - Food and feed ingredients
  • 07003002 - Health food
  • 08001023 - Other chemicals and materials (not elsewhere classified)
  • 08001022 - Agricultural chemicals
Targeted countries
  • All countries