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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

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