Arbiom takes important step in the scaling-up of its Wood-to-Food technology
Type of post: NEWS IN BRIEF.
Arbiom (biotechnology company developing solutions to convert wood into protein for feed and food applications) has successfully achieved a critical milestone in its Demonstration Program by completing continuous, stable operation of its fermentation technology over a seven-day period without contamination or product quality issues.
Press release: “Arbiom achieves milestone in scale-up of Wood-to-Food Technology”, 7/10/2020.
Figure 1. Arbiom Wood-to-Food platform technology (taken from the company website)
Throughout the Demonstration Program, fermentation and downstream process stages ran smoothly and continuously, to successfully produce over a half-ton of SylPro (a nutritional, sustainable protein-rich ingredient for feed and food applications) which exceeded Arbiom’s initial target. To complete the continuous run, Arbiom worked with Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant (BBEPP), a partner in the SYLFEED Consortium (BBI JU project).
To date, Arbiom has completed more than 1,500 hours of process scale-up operations. By the end of 2020, Arbiom will have performed its bioconversion process continuously at the 15 m3 scale as part of the critical path within the Demonstration Program. Transitioning from batch to continuous operations is essential in scaling-up the company’s industrial biotechnology to commercial production.
