FUL Foods
EMEA
Delft
,
Netherlands
Startup
FOUNDED
2020
HEADCOUNT
21-100
FUNDING
Seed
Keywords:
microalgae, cyanobacteria, colorants, bioreactor_design
BUSINESS
FUL Foods produces phycocyanin extracts from spirulina microalgae, marketed as FUL BLU, for use as a natural blue food colorant and functional ingredient. Patented extraction process yields improved heat and pH stability versus conventional spirulina blue, enabling applications in categories previously inaccessible to natural blue colorants (candy, acidic beverages).
BIOTECH INVOLVEMENT
Core; foodtech company producing phycocyanin extracts (FUL BLU) from cultivated spirulina microalgae, with patented extraction giving improved heat/pH stability as a natural blue colorant.
TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM
photobioreactor cultivation; patented extraction process
PRIMARY PRODUCTS
FUL BLU natural phycocyanin-based blue color extracts