Coffee pulp and tropical fruit residues create waste while beverage and nutraceutical makers need consistent natural antioxidants and flavonoids.
R&D Focus
Upcycled bioactive ingredients from agricultural side streams
Innovative Solution
Standardises coffee and fruit by-products into high-value antioxidant and flavonoid ingredients for food, nutraceutical and beverage applications.
Solution Effectiveness
Company/accelerator materials state antioxidant levels up to six times those of berries; this requires independent validation.
Investment Funding
Last Funding Stage
Seed
Total Funding Amount
2.97M
Last Funding Amount
2.97M
Last Funding Date
10-03-2020
Startup Stage
Seed
People
Founders
Luis Alejandro Mejia Caniz
Ruben Dario Sorto Alvarado
About
Biofortune relies over the disruption of value added processes eliminating variability of flavors and aromas, securing innocuity and developing foodtech innovative processes to supply food, nutraceuticals and beverage industries with high bioactive ingredients such as antioxidants and flavonoids
Products
Product
Bioactive antioxidant and flavonoid ingredients derived from coffee pulp and fruit residues.
Star Product
Coffee-pulp bioactive ingredient – the clearest circular-economy application.
Demo Product or Complete Product?
Pilot-to-commercial ingredient production; a processing plant has been inaugurated.
Future Plan
Market Expansion
Public materials described plans to triple production capacity.
Investment Funding
The company has publicly indicated that a Series B was open; current status should be confirmed directly.
Awards and Recognitions
Participations
Featured through the WIN Guatemala founder ecosystem.
Media Apperance
Covered by Perspectiva in relation to product, funding, expansion or company developments.
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