Allied Carbon Solutions (Japan)

APAC

Tokyo

Japan

Startup

FOUNDED

2006

HEADCOUNT

FUNDING

Privately held

Keywords:

fermentation, biosurfactants, yeast, cosmetics

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BUSINESS

Allied Carbon Solutions, founded 2006 in Japan, produces sophorolipid biosurfactants from vegetable oil and sugar. It develops personal-care formulations with BASF (its largest shareholder) under the BioToLife brand and livestock additives with a partner.

BIOTECH INVOLVEMENT

Core; produces sophorolipids (glycolipid biosurfactants) via fermentation of the non-pathogenic yeast Starmerella bombicola.

TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM

yeast fermentation

PRIMARY PRODUCTS

sophorolipids (biosurfactants)