7 Jun 2024
Bota Bio, a global industrial biotechnology company specialized in sustainable biomanufacturing solutions, has announced a joint collaboration with Puratos, a leading global supplier of innovative food ingredients for the bakery, patisserie and chocolate industries. Combining Puratos's expertise in food and bakery science with Bota's state-of-the-art enzyme discovery and engineering platform, this collaboration will expand Puratos's range of innovative enzyme products to meet its growing market demand in baking solutions.
Bota will leverage its extensive enzyme sequence and structure database to identify the most suitable natural enzymes for Puratos's product requirements. Utilizing the Bota Freeway technology platform, Bota integrates advanced digital tools, laboratory automation, and bioinformatics algorithms, remarkably boosting the efficiency of enzyme discovery, screening and sample generation. Puratos will further develop and apply these innovative enzyme solutions to improve product quality and to provide consumers with healthier, more sustainable and delicious food choices.
“This collaboration with Bota exemplifies our commitment to open innovation and leveraging biotechnology to improve enzyme yield and efficiency. Our extensive work in enzyme research and industrial fermentation in support to Puratos vertical integration activities, combined with Bota’s advanced capabilities, will enable us to push the boundaries of what’s possible in food innovation.”
Paul Baisier - Group Chief R&D Officer at Puratos
Cheryl Cui, Ph.D., CEO and Co-founder of Bota, added that "Bota is an end-to-end industrial biotechnology company focused on accelerating the adoption of biotechnology and biomanufacturing solutions in various industries. Every solution we provide, especially to leading companies in the baking industry like Puratos, is a step in the right direction."
This partnership not only reinforces Puratos’s leadership in the field but also marks Bota’s contribution to a new generation of baking processes.
