Inkampani entsha eMelika evelisa iiprotein eziswiti, i-Oobli, isebenzisana nenkampani yezithako zehlabathi i-Ingredion, kwaye iqokelele imali eyi-$18 yezigidi kwi-Series B1.
I-Oobli kunye ne-Ingredion zijolise ekukhawuleziseni ukufikelela kushishino kwiinkqubo zeswekile ezisempilweni, ezinencasa entle nezifikelelekayo. Ngokubambisana, baza kuzisa izisombululo zeswekile zendalo ezifana ne-stevia kunye nezithako zeproteni emnandi ka-Oobli.
Iiproteni ezimnandi zibonelela ngenye indlela enempilo yokusebenzisa iswekile kunye nezinongo ezenziweyo, ezifanelekileyo ukusetyenziswa kwiintlobo ngeentlobo zokutya neziselo kuquka iziselo ezibandayo ezinekhabhoni, izinto ezibhakiweyo, iiyogathi, iilekese kunye nokunye.
Zingasetyenziselwa ukongeza ezinye izithambisi zendalo ngendlela engabizi kakhulu, zincede iinkampani zokutya ukuba ziphucule ubumnandi ngelixa zihlangabezana neenjongo zesondlo kwaye zilawule iindleko.
Ezi nkampani zimbini kutshanje ziphuhlise iimveliso ngokubambisana ukuze ziqonde ngcono amathuba eeproteni ezimnandi kunye ne-stevia. Olu budlelwane luqaliswe emva kwempendulo entle eqokelelwe emva kwezi zilingo. Kwinyanga ezayo, u-Ingredion kunye no-Oobli baza kutyhila ezinye zeziphumo eziveliswe kumsitho weFuture Food Tech eSan Francisco, e-US, ukususela nge-13 ukuya kwi-14 kaMatshi 2025.
Umjikelo wenkxaso-mali ka-Oobli we-Series B1 oyi-$18 yezigidi ubonise inkxaso evela kubatyali-mali abatsha abaphambili bokutya nezolimo, kuquka i-Ingredion Ventures, i-Lever VC kunye ne-Sucden Ventures. Aba batyali-mali abatsha bajoyina abaxhasi abakhoyo, i-Khosla Ventures, i-Piva Capital kunye ne-B37 Ventures phakathi kwabanye.
U-Ali Wing, i-CEO e-Oobli, uthe: “Iiproteni ezimnandi zizinto ezisele zidlulelwe lixesha kwizixhobo zee-sweeteners ezilungele wena. Ukusebenzisana namaqela angcono kakhulu e-Ingredion ukudibanisa ii-sweeteners zendalo neeproteni zethu ezintsha ze-sweeteners kuya kunika izisombululo ezitshintsha umdlalo kweli candelo libalulekileyo, elikhulayo nelifike ngexesha.”
UNate Yates ka-Ingredion, isekela-mphathi kunye nomphathi jikelele wokunciphisa iswekile kunye nokuqinisa ifayibha, kunye ne-CEO yeshishini le-Pure Circle sweetener yenkampani, uthe: “Kudala besiphambili ekuveliseni izinto ezintsha kwizisombululo zokunciphisa iswekile, kwaye umsebenzi wethu ngeeproteni ezimnandi sisahluko esitsha esinomdla kolo hambo”.
Wongeze wathi: “Nokuba siphucula iinkqubo zeswekile ezikhoyo ngeeproteni zeswekile okanye sisebenzisa iiswekile zethu ezisele zikho ukuvula amathuba amatsha, sibona ukusebenzisana okumangalisayo kwezi qonga”.
Olu budlelwane lulandela izibhengezo zakutshanje ezenziwe yi-Oobli zokuba ifumene iileta ze-US FDA GRAS 'ezingenamibuzo' zeeproteni ezimbini ezimnandi (i-monellin kunye ne-brazzein), eziqinisekisa ukhuseleko lweeproteni ezintsha ezimnandi zokusetyenziswa kwiimveliso zokutya neziselo.
Ixesha leposi: Matshi-10-2025