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January 24, 2023 (Vancouver, BC) – Tait Labs is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a $10,000 grant from the Circular Economy Seed Funding program. The funds will be used for a collaborative research and development project with the research group of Professor Vikramaditya Yadav. The project is entitled “Bioconversion of citrus peel residues to edible proteins as an enabler of total valorization“

The company had recently developed and patented a clean extraction technology for citrus peels capable of converting 50% of waste peel mass into a high-value prebiotic-rich fiber. Now, the company seeks to achieve its second objective of total utilization of peel waste by upcycling the remaining 50% of the residue, using it as a novel substrate for yeast fermentation into single-cell protein (SCP). The ultimate goal is to help sustainably stave off the “protein crisis” – meeting the nutritional requirements of the world’s population whose growth past 10B will require an increase of 70% in protein-rich food production by 2050.

Circular Economy Seed Funding is coordinated by the University of British Columbia’s of Materials and Manufacturing Research Institute (MMRI), with the support from the National Research Council of Canada- Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP).

September 22, 2023 (Greenwood Village, CO) – Today Upcycled Food Association warmly welcomes Tait Labs as its newest ‘upcycler’ member.

Through research, strategy, networking, and policy advocacy, Upcycled Food Association is building a food system in which all food is elevated to its highest and best use. UFA is comprised of Members and Associate Members from around the world.

Upcycled Food Association is leveraging market forces to prevent food waste by coordinating hundreds of companies around the world and empowering millions of consumers to prevent climate change with the products they buy.

TOKYO, Japan (September 13, 2022)

Tait Labs was announced as the winner of the Plug and Play Japan Food & Beverage EXPO after participating in the inaugural batch of 10 companies (Summer/Fall 2022).

International start-up companies were selected for a 3-month intensive “accelerator” program during which time they collaborated with a variety of Japanese corporate partners in the food & beverage sector. At the end of the program, companies were invited to pitch (live or virtual) their results at the Tokyo summit.

As a result of the win, Tait Labs is invited to attend the Plug & Play Silicon Valley summit being held at the headquarters in Sunnyvale CA, Nov. 15-17. 2022

Source: Plug and Play Japan Summit Summer/Fall 2022 Batch Report – Plug and Play Tech Center

Japan, here we come!

We’ve been chosen along with 9 other companies from around the world to participate in Plug and Play Japan’s first ever Food & Beverage cohort.

The selected start-ups are Afineur, B’ZEOS, Packamama., Sachi, Mi Terro®|We’re Hiring!, PHAXTEC, Inc., Sincarne, Kingdom Supercultures, 리하베스트 RE:harvest and Tait Labs

Over the summer and fall months we’ll be initiating collaborative pilot projects with the likes of Japan’s corporate giants such as Asahi and Nisshin Seifun.

👉🏻 Click here to find out more about the startups: http://ow.ly/Upam50JmCin

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We’re pleased to announce that we have been issued a Canadian Patent on our citrus peel extraction technology. 🍊💧

Kudos to our co-inventors Harish Vasudevan PhD, CA-AM and Andrew Tait, and special thanks to our National Research Council Canada / Conseil national de recherches Canada IRAP-ITA Maureen Hatanaka and co-ITA Paul Barran for backing us up on our request for support for this clean-tech/agriculture/health science research and development project. 🌱

We are also eternally grateful for our patent agent, Sonia M. Ziesche and her team at Gowling WLG. They rescued the patent application and got it back on the rails after some major hiccups.

We are incredibly proud to have developed this technology in Canada with the support of programs like NRC-IRAP and SR&ED. As an aside, citrus doesn’t grow in Canada because it’s too cold – we consider it a feat that we were able to convince our supporters that a non-Canadian ag-product like citrus peel waste has untapped potential that urgently needs to be unlocked for the health of all of the planet and its inhabitants. 🌎🍁

Our Minimum-Processing-Maximum-Benefits (MPMB™) processing technology cleanly upcycles citrus peel waste to a healthy polyphenol-rich soluble fiber in a whopping 50% yield, and ready to be added to any food, beverage or dietary supplement. You can find our flagship ingredient Mandrimax® in capsule from as MS+ Mandarin Skin Plus® “Ultimate Digestive Relief” available online and in store.

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For consumers around the world, health has taken center stage, with challenges that range from pandemics and stress, to performance pressure at both work and at home. Givaudan Taste & Wellbeing strives to support all aspects of healthfulness with its Health Essentials and Wellness Essentials, a selection of natural solutions that meet many of today’s most common health needs, including immune system support, mind, energy and wellbeing.

In this challenge Givaudan is looking for science-driven start-ups who are working on natural, clean label ingredients for use in food that support consumers by boosting immunity, energy, and sleep.

Givaudan is most interested in companies who, at a minimum, have proof of principle and prototypes, and their preference is for companies that are clinically backed.

The Innovation Challenge Winner will receive:

– Coaching from Givaudan’s ‘challenge sponsor team’ that may include technical, innovation, regulatory, marking guidance to support research and development, consumer and sensory insights, formulation development.

– Inclusion in Givaudan’s press and social media outreach during the first half of 2022

Upon the creation of a collaboration or partnership Givaudan will provide:

– Access to its R&D and creation centers including the Zurich Innovation Centre, Avignon France, Cincinnati Ohio, or MISTA located in San Francisco.

The finalists include

• Tait Labs (Canada)

• Nutrition Innovation (Singapore)

• Comet Bio (Canada)