Food companies need scalable sweeteners that reduce refined sugar and agricultural/environmental pressure without relying only on high-intensity synthetic sweeteners.
R&D Focus
Fermentation-derived sweeteners and functional ingredients.
Innovative Solution
Uses non-GMO microbial fermentation, including Gluconobacter-based production, to create 5-keto-D-fructose (5-KDF) and other ingredients from side streams.
Solution Effectiveness
The company reports that its 5-KDF sweetener can deliver around twice the sweetness of sugar, depending on application. Independent commercial-scale validation remains limited.
Investment Funding
Last Funding Stage
Venture - Series Unknown
Last Funding Date
07-03-2023
Lead Investors
MassChallenge, Sparkalis
Revenue
Less than $1M
People
Founders
Moayad Abushokhedim
About
Fooditive provides apples and pears side stream services. They also provide products supply, nutritional value, fooditive sweetener, research and development services, and side-streams solutions.
Products
Product
Fooditive Sweetener / 5-KDF – fermentation-derived sweetening ingredient for food and beverage applications.
Star Product
5-KDF Sweetener – the company’s most differentiated sugar-replacement technology.
Future Plan
Market Expansion
Pursuing US regulatory and commercial entry alongside European ingredient development.
Investment Funding
Historical grants and private funding support scale-up; no current public future fundraising intention found.
M&A and Collabs
Collab
Ingredient and manufacturing partners – licensing and application-development model for commercial scale-up.
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