Nourish Ingredients

The missing piece for alternative meats - fats

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Challenge

Sustainable Development Goals

Nourish Ingredients

The missing piece for alternative meats - fats

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Challenge

Sustainable Development Goals

Founders

James Petrie

Co-founder and CEO

Dr James Petrie is an experienced crop metabolic engineer, who spent 13 years working at CSIRO as a research scientist as part of the Plant Oils Engineering Group before co-founding Nourish Ingredients. During his time at CSIRO, James was a part of the team who spearheaded the creation of omega 3 canola – the world’s first plant based and sustainable source of omega 3.

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Ben Leita

Co-founder and COO

Dr Benjamin Leita is a founder and entrepreneur with a passion for bringing deep scientific technology to the market. He is an experienced manager and chemical engineer with a demonstrated success in the research and startup space. Ben’s past work includes engineering a way to create green bio-based PET Coke bottles, using eucalyptus oil.

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Why it matters

Replicating this deliciousness of animal fat will push us one step closer to perfecting alternative foods.

With alternative proteins rapidly developing, animal-free meat and dairy is a living reality. Still, there is one missing piece. Fats give meats and dairy the rich and delicious flavour we know and love. Replicating this deliciousness without the animal will push us one step closer to perfecting alternative foods.

How it works

Proprietary yeast strain enables delicious fats to be brewed without any animals.

Nourish tailors the DNA of yeast and then ferments them in specially calibrated environments to create fats with customised textures and flavours. By producing fats using synthetic biology, they not only can mimic the flavour of meat but create a sensory experience that goes beyond that.

Why it matters

Replicating this deliciousness of animal fat will push us one step closer to perfecting alternative foods.

How it works

Proprietary yeast strain enables delicious fats to be brewed without any animals.

The WOW factor

The Wow Factor

Nourish’s process is sustainable, affordable and customisable to suit different alternative meat and dairy products. Their process ensures that literally any flavour can be created from just yeast and sugar.

The WOW factor

The Wow Factor

Bill Bartee

Managing Partner

Phil Morle

Partner

Bill Bartee

Managing Partner

Phil Morle

Partner

A new way to flavour-bomb meat-free products to improve the taste

ABC News Radio

Enter Nourish Ingredients, which is focusing not on the proteins, but the fats that make tasty meats tasty. Consumers can’t have delicious, delicious bacon without fat

TechCrunch

Nourish Ingredients feeds its growth

Food&Drink Business

A new way to flavour-bomb meat-free products to improve the taste

ABC News Radio

Enter Nourish Ingredients, which is focusing not on the proteins, but the fats that make tasty meats tasty. Consumers can’t have delicious, delicious bacon without fat

TechCrunch

Nourish Ingredients feeds its growth

Food&Drink Business

Co-investors