DRIVING
REVOLUTIONARY
CHANGE IN ALGAE
BIOTECHNOLOGY
R&D – with Ingenuity at its heart
Ingenuity is innovation with a twist – we combine our imaginative, problem-solving approach with deep science and engineering knowhow to deliver disruptive breakthroughs. We pioneered the global white Chlorella market opportunity and continue to lead by example with our unwavering commitment to product performance, quality and transparency, underpinning our delivery of a consistent, best-in-class family of ingredients aligned to current and emerging market needs.
At the forefront of algae biotechnology, we are driving change by pushing the boundaries of what’s possible. Through our deep understanding of algal biology and scalable bioprocesses, which underpin our ingenuity led R&D approach, we are redefining how microalgae are developed and applied.
We combine cutting-edge technologies and understanding with creative, data-driven strategies to accelerate breakthroughs in algae-based solutions. Our dynamic approach, starting first with delivery into food markets, ensures that we are not only advancing the science of microalgae but also paving the way for additional sustainable, high-impact applications.
Evolve, improve, impact
Evolve; Chlorella share a common ancestor with all land plants. We apply the same principle underlying non-GM improvement approaches that are used in crop plants to develop new varieties of Chlorella with desirable traits. We use a process called directed evolution, applying creative selection and high-throughput screening approaches to find the “needles in the haystacks” or winners that possess the desirable characteristics. From increasing tolerances to external factors to improving physical traits or nutritional quality, we evolve Chlorella to produce stable new genetic varieties or cultivars to align to market and product needs.
Improve; Good genetics is a great place to start, but a carefully optimised and improved bioprocess and downstream processes coupled with desirable genetics delivers our final, best-in-class, products.
Our bioprocess team uses a combination of improvement processes including scale-up and scale-down modelling as well as multifactorial statistical analysis approaches to rapidly co-optimise bioprocess conditions – ranging from temperature, carbon source and feeding, nitrogen source, pH, salinity, mixing rate and other media composition components. Scale-down models are great. All our processes are then validated at commercial, production scale.
Simply put, at Algenuity we know Chlorella. We’ve unlocked the growth potential, desirable composition and scalable market opportunity of Chlorella across multiple vertical markets.
Impact; Our knowhow is backed up by functionality testing, formulation and applications development coupled with a deep understanding of compliance and safety validation to drive improvement cycles into new and improved ingredients that can go into your products to go to market quickly.
Our comprehensive freedom-to-operate searches and a robust intellectual property strategy effectively identify and then deliver protectable opportunities to enable successful application for scale-up, go-to-market and impact as well as supporting our customers to give confidence in their own product development journeys.