Amai Proteins

Industry

Alternative proteins, Digital & robotics, Food ingredients, Post-harvest & processing

Topics

Sweeteners, polyols & starch derivatives, Precision fermentation (proteins, dairy, egg)

Role

Producer — “…n Platform that designs and manufactures designer proteins for food and beverage applications. Key elements: -…”

Why it is bioeconomy

Amai Proteins is a food technology company that uses AI-driven computational protein design and precision fermentation to develop and produce designer sweet proteins as sugar alternatives.

Not yet cited as a supplier in a graded solution.

Sites 2

• United States
• Belgium

Production, R&D and other sites from the company's website and automated research; street addresses omitted.

• 2026-09 Latest status: The company appointed Doug Brown as its new CEO, effective September 1, 2026, succeeding Dr. Amir Guttman. ↗ ↗ ↗

Recent news 5

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• 2026-09-18 Amai Proteins names new CEO | Baking Business bakingbusiness.com
  Amai Proteins has appointed Doug Brown as its new CEO, succeeding Amir Guttman who becomes an executive board member; the company continues to develop its monellin-based sweet protein, sweelin, for use in foods, beverages, and dietary supplements.
• 2026-09-08 Doug Brown, global nutrition industry veteran, appointed as new CEO Amai Proteins prnewswire.com
  Amai Proteins, an Israeli food-tech startup, has appointed Doug Brown as its new CEO (effective Sept 1, 2026) to scale commercial traction for its lead product sweelin®, a high-intensity, protein-based sweetener aimed at enabling up to 70% sugar reduction while preserving taste …
• 2026-09-07 Amai Proteins' sweelin® Wins Israel Approval, Third Market in Six Months | Foodservice News foodservice.news
  Amai Proteins has rapidly gained regulatory clearance for its precision-fermented sweet protein sweelin® (monellin-based), with approvals in the U.S., Singapore, and now Israel in under six months, positioning it as a fast-moving, GLP-1-friendly, sugar-reduction ingredient …
• 2026-09-07 Sweelin® Gains Israeli Ministry Approval - International Confectionery Magazine in-confectionery.com
  Amai Proteins announces that its sweet protein sweelin® has been officially approved as a novel food ingredient by the Israeli Ministry of Health, enabling local manufacturers to use and commercialize products containing sweelin® across more than 25 categories. This approval …
• 2026-09-01 Amai Proteins secures Israeli approval for sweelin - IN Food in-food.co.uk
  Amai Proteins has secured Israeli regulatory clearance for its precision-fermented sweet protein sweelin, expanding access to over 25 food and beverage categories and marking another commercial milestone after approvals in the US and Singapore. The company positions sweelin as …

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Registry identifiers

• Company No. (Israel): 515533545

Sources: webinfo.co.il

Funding

• Latest round: Venture · 2022-12-04 · US$ 9.1 M
• Total raised: US$ 22.8 M

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