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FeedKind® Protein Wins FDA GRAS Status for Use in Aquaculture

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Monday, February 20, 2023
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Calysta, the world leader in fermented protein, has announced that its leading product, FeedKind®, has achieved generally recognized as safe (GRAS) status with the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

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  • Calysta, the world leader in fermented protein, has announced that its leading product, FeedKind®, has achieved generally recognized as safe (GRAS) status with the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
  • The FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine have granted Calysta’s FeedKind protein GRAS status for use in the US in salmonid feeds at up to 18% of the diet.
  • Allan LeBlanc, VP and Aquaculture Lead at Calysta, said: “With so many exciting developments in US aquaculture, we are thrilled to be able to access this market.
  • FeedKind protein is a perfect fit for the trout industry and the burgeoning recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) industry for Atlantic salmon.

Calysta and Adisseo Developing Plan to Bring Major Alternative Protein Facility to Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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Monday, November 7, 2022
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Calysseo, a joint venture between world-leading alternative protein company Calysta and worldwide animal nutrition leader Adisseo, has announced it intends to build an alternative protein facility in Al Jubail in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in partnership with Food Caravan.

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  • Calysseo, a joint venture between world-leading alternative protein company Calysta and worldwide animal nutrition leader Adisseo, has announced it intends to build an alternative protein facility in Al Jubail in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in partnership with Food Caravan.
  • The partnership is aiming to build a 100,000 tonne-capacity fermenter in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to produce Calystas novel protein ingredients, which require no animal or plant ingredients to produce.
  • To do that, we need more sustainable protein, and to produce protein in places we are not currently able to.
  • This would be our second industrial-scale plant and an important step on delivering enough sustainable protein to meet growing and pressing global demand.

Green Bioactives appoints David McElroy as CEO

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Monday, October 24, 2022
GBL, CSO, Growth, VP, Botany, DeKalb, Calysta, Bachelor of Science, University of Aberdeen, Business, Science, Cornell University, Knowledge, University, Doctor of Philosophy, Founder, Board, CEO, Patent, Business development, Plant, Food, Molecular biology, Director, ISCB Senior Scientist Award, NATO, Cosmetics, Management, Fine chemical, Seaweed, Honours degree, Verdiso

EDINBURGH, Scotland, Oct. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Green Bioactives Ltd ('GBL'),a company pioneering the discovery, development and sustainable production of high-value plant natural products, announces that David McElroy PhD, currently Non-executive Director of the company, has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

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  • EDINBURGH, Scotland, Oct. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Green Bioactives Ltd ('GBL'),a company pioneering the discovery, development and sustainable production of high-value plant natural products, announces that David McElroy PhD, currently Non-executive Director of the company, has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
  • Dr McElroy is an experienced biotech leader, and prior to joining Green Bioactives was co-founder of agbio start-ups Verdia and NovaSynthetix, as well as natural gas-to-feed company Calysta.
  • David replaces current CEO and Founder of Green Bioactives Professor Gary Loake, who will become Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) of the company and retain his position as Acting Chairperson of the Board of Directors.
  • David McElroy, CEO of Green Bioactives, added:"I'm excited to be taking on this position at a time when the need to provide more sustainable access to valuable plant bioactives is more critical than ever.

New Era of Food Security Beckons as World’s First Industrial-scale Alternative Protein Facility Switches On

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Friday, October 21, 2022
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With startup operations complete, the fermenter will become worlds largest single protein production facility.

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  • With startup operations complete, the fermenter will become worlds largest single protein production facility.
  • Jean-Marc Dublanc, CEO of Adisseo, said: Food security has increasingly come under the spotlight in recent months, but we are now entering a new era of sustainable food production.
  • The microbial protein is produced via a natural fermentation, which takes place inside a novel high-capacity u-loop reactor patented by Calysta.
  • Calysta, Inc. , San Mateo, CA, is a biotechnology company working towards a future where the worlds growing population has guaranteed food security.

Calysta Makes Food Sector Move With Sloot Appointment

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Thursday, July 14, 2022
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Calysta, Inc. World-leading alternative protein producer, Calysta, has appointed Herman Sloot as its new VP of Commercial Development to target opportunities in the pet and human food sectors.

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  • Calysta, Inc. World-leading alternative protein producer, Calysta, has appointed Herman Sloot as its new VP of Commercial Development to target opportunities in the pet and human food sectors.
  • He said: I am thrilled with the challenge, I want to do something that makes a real difference and Calysta truly is a game changer.
  • It has a technology that addresses one of the biggest challenges in food production; how do we feed the world?
  • Welcoming Sloot to Calysta, President, CEO and co-founder, Dr Alan Shaw, said: Herman is a really important addition to Calystas global team.

First Industrial-Scale FeedKind® Facility Heralds New Era of Food Security

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Thursday, June 23, 2022
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Whilst operating under COVID-19 restrictions, the Calysseo team maintained schedule of the landmark facility, meaning FeedKind should be delivered to the first customers this year.

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  • Whilst operating under COVID-19 restrictions, the Calysseo team maintained schedule of the landmark facility, meaning FeedKind should be delivered to the first customers this year.
  • Jean-Marc Dublanc, CEO of Adisseo, said: This is a significant milestone as we move towards more sustainable forms of making food.
  • We have a long-running commitment to improving the security and sustainability of the feed ingredient market and Calysseo fulfils a significant part of that pledge.
  • Calysta, Inc. , San Mateo, CA, is a biotechnology company working towards a future where the worlds growing population has guaranteed food security.

Calysta appoints Chief Science and Sustainability Officer

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Tuesday, January 25, 2022
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Calysta, Inc. World-leading alternative protein producer, Calysta, has signaled its future intentions with the appointment of Dr Lori Giver, as Chief Science and Sustainability Officer.

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  • Calysta, Inc. World-leading alternative protein producer, Calysta, has signaled its future intentions with the appointment of Dr Lori Giver, as Chief Science and Sustainability Officer.
  • Dr Giver first joined Calysta in 2013 as Vice President, Biological Engineering, before being appointed Vice President, Research and Development in 2019.
  • In her new role, Lori will join the executive team and will play a key role in fulfilling Calystas ongoing commitment to the highest levels of sustainability.
  • Welcoming Lori into her new role, Calystas President, CEO and Co-Founder, Dr Alan Shaw, said: This is a very important appointment for Calysta.

NovoNutrients Hires Four Technology Leaders to Make Protein From CO2

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Tuesday, January 4, 2022
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NovoNutrients' CEO, David Tze, said, "we are now fully positioned to build on our technology foundation and become a leading protein ingredients company, with the addition of these four industry experts.

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  • NovoNutrients' CEO, David Tze, said, "we are now fully positioned to build on our technology foundation and become a leading protein ingredients company, with the addition of these four industry experts.
  • Satish Lakhapatri, VP Engineering, joins NovoNutrients after nearly four years with industrial biotech company Calysta, where he was the Director of Engineering.
  • About NovoNutrients https://www.novonutrients.com NovoNutrients is the food and feed from CO2 bio company that cleanly transforms carbon dioxide emissions into microbial alternative protein ingredients.
  • Also using other byproduct streams and hydrogen, this low-cost, highly-scalable technology addresses the growing demand of rising global standards of living.

New Trial Shows FeedKind an Ideal Feed Ingredient for Japanese Yellowtail

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Tuesday, March 30, 2021
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Calysta, Inc. Calystas sustainable protein FeedKind has been shown to be an ideal feed ingredient for use in Japanese yellowtail or Hamachi, one of the most popular food fish in Japan and a sushi staple.

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  • Calysta, Inc. Calystas sustainable protein FeedKind has been shown to be an ideal feed ingredient for use in Japanese yellowtail or Hamachi, one of the most popular food fish in Japan and a sushi staple.
  • Published in the journal Aquaculture, the latest study shows that FeedKind integration into the Hamachi diet has no impact on growth rates or health of the fish up to 20% of total feed.
  • It shows that FeedKind protein can be used as successfully in carnivorous marine species common to Asian markets as it has been in salmonids and shrimp.
  • FeedKind is produced by fermenting natural gas with a naturally occurring bacteria, producing a single cell protein that makes an ideal feed ingredient for fish, livestock and pets.

Calysta Appoints Former Quorn and Mars Innovation Lead as New CTO

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Tuesday, September 8, 2020
Health, Consumer, Environment, Agriculture, Natural Resources, Pets, Biotechnology, Calysta, California, States of the United States

Calysta, Inc. World-leading alternative protein producer, Calysta, has signaled its future intentions with the appointment of food and feed innovation veteran Dr Geoff Bryant as Chief Technology Officer.

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  • Calysta, Inc. World-leading alternative protein producer, Calysta, has signaled its future intentions with the appointment of food and feed innovation veteran Dr Geoff Bryant as Chief Technology Officer.
  • Geoff comes to Calysta having most recently led Quorns R&D and technical teams in fermentation science, new product development, innovation, quality, regulatory and process technology.
  • He also spent 16 years with Mars Inc in several regional and global roles, during which time he was assigned as the Global Specialty Petfood R&D Vice President.
  • Welcoming Geoff to Calysta, the companys Chief Operating Officer, Thomas JG Huot Ph.D., said: This is a very important appointment for Calysta.