Getting your hands on existing infrastructure can be half the battle when it comes to getting innovative ideas off the ground and making them a reality. But when that infrastructure is worth tens of thousands of dollars, it can be a game-changer for your business.
New Zealand precision fermentation company Daisy Lab has done exactly that, taking the concept of ‘share farming’ to a new level by partnering with dairy farmers to use their equipment.
Dr Nicole (Nikki) Freed, PhD from Daisy Lab told delegates at Food Frontier’s AltProteins 24 conference, “We've replaced the cow and the milk truck with the yeast strain and the fermenter. Our strains are designed to plug and play into traditional dairy downstream processing, allowing us to significantly cut costs. By utilising existing dairy infrastructure, we produce the same high-quality protein, identical at the amino acid level, but with a much smaller environmental footprint.” Daisy Lab manufactures dairy-identical proteins such as whey.
Now that’s a smart use of resources and true industry collaboration, in a country where dairying is an important way of life!
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