Many plant proteins have off-flavours, require extensive fractionation and additives, and remain too costly or difficult to scale.
R&D Focus
Sweet-lupin fermentation, pulse-mycelium coalescence and rapid solid-state fermentation.
Innovative Solution
Uses proprietary Rapid Solid-State Fermentation to convert whole lupin seeds into a clean-label, ready-to-cook protein block in one process.
Solution Effectiveness
Lupreme is reported at about 43% protein and 30% fibre; the company states it can be priced at parity with or below meat and produced from seed to finished protein in one day.
Investment Funding
Revenue
$1M to $10M
People
Founders
Jen Drew
Roger Drew
About
Eighth Day Foods is a manufacturer and supplier of sustainable and healthiest plant-based food.
Products
Product
Lupreme, a whole-lupin protein block for sliced, minced, sausage, nugget and fillet applications.
Star Product
Lupreme – the company’s core lupin-based protein produced through Rapid Solid-State Fermentation.
Demo Product or Complete Product?
B2B market-ready ingredient and scale-up stage; commercial production expansion has been the stated priority.
Future Plan
Market Expansion
Targets Asia-Pacific, Europe and North America through localised modular production and B2B food-manufacturer partnerships.
Investment Funding
Reported raising approximately €966,000 in 2022 to scale Lupreme production.
Awards and Recognitions
Awards
Runner-up, APAC Scale It Up! Innovation Challenge (2023).
Participations
Scale It Up! challenge supported by Bühler, Cargill and Givaudan; Future Food-Tech Summit; Unilever Innovation Challenge finalist.
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