The Better Meat Co.
Americas
West Sacramento
,
United States
Scaleup
FOUNDED
2018
HEADCOUNT
21-100
FUNDING
Series A
Keywords:
filamentous_fungi, mycelium, mycoprotein, fermentation, alternative_proteins, food_protein
BUSINESS
Manufactures Rhiza mycoprotein via fermentation as a complete protein ingredient for meat products, foods, and supplements. The Better Meat Co. produces Rhiza, a mycoprotein ingredient made from Neurospora crassa mycelium via submerged fermentation of starch-based feedstocks (potato, sorghum, corn, rice). The company operates a 9,000-liter demonstration facility in West Sacramento and plans to expand capacity roughly tenfold.
BIOTECH INVOLVEMENT
Core; fungal fermentation for mycoprotein production as B2B ingredient. The Better Meat Co. uses non-GMO Neurospora crassa in submerged fermentation, converting low-cost starch feedstocks into filamentous fungal biomass
TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM
mycelium/ fungal fermentation
PRIMARY PRODUCTS
Rhiza mycoprotein granules and powder