# Nourish Ingredients

a Canberra-based deep-tech firm (founded 2019) making animal-free fats via precision fermentation that impart authentic animalic taste and texture to plant-based and hybrid meat/dairy — including a Fonterra partnership.

Source: https://en.bioecon.ru/companies/nourish-ingredients/
Updated: 2026-07-08

- Country: Australia

## Verifiable facts

| Fact | Value | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding | Total funding of approximately $40.84M to $50M raised to date | https://www.forbes.com.au/news/uncategorized/aussie-startups-vegan-fat-gets-us-safety-tick/ |
| Capacity | Capability to meet 170,000 tonnes of end-product demand | https://www.foodanddrinkbusiness.com.au/news/nourish-ingredients-achieves-commercial-production-for-tastilux, https://www.greenqueen.com.hk/nourish-ingredients-precision-fermentation-fat-facility-funding-tastilux/, https://www.greenqueen.com.hk/nourish-ingredients-tastilux-animal-free-fat-cabio/ |
| Regulatory approval | US FEMA GRAS (Generally Recognized as Safe) status for Tastilux fat obtained in August 2025 | https://caesmweb6zswfac_6psixhicexohkysbwxniwbxq2uot9aeag93_jinalcu8kvakh8odsvcyestqugytcewdqpylnl-zfgi3xvy9ng6rfei-givwtatrho6blo6ryuvsjrsqy8w3e0ne0fav91aovygcesfdlnipr0pd6trdbkgyz-2epsioro8am4f6c_qhrvabe0vzszm1bmxlqxfqoq/, https://www.forbes.com.au/news/uncategorized/aussie-startups-vegan-fat-gets-us-safety-tick/, https://www.greenqueen.com.hk/nourish-ingredients-precision-fermentation-fat-facility-funding-tastilux/ |
| Production site | Manufacturing partner CABIO Biotech in China; global commercial hub in Leiden, Netherlands (operational 2026) | https://www.capitalbrief.com/article/nourish-ingredients-partners-with-chinese-manufacturer-to-scale-synthetic-fats-c03867df-14af-403a-a4eb-1cc8e2fe1f1f/, https://www.foodanddrinkbusiness.com.au/news/nourish-ingredients-achieves-commercial-production-for-tastilux, https://www.forbes.com.au/news/uncategorized/aussie-startups-vegan-fat-gets-us-safety-tick/, https://www.greenqueen.com.hk/nourish-ingredients-precision-fermentation-fat-facility-funding-tastilux/ |
| Headcount | Estimated between 21 and 35 employees [medium confidence] | https://theorg.com/org/nourish-ingredients |

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## Technologies

- [Precision fermentation of fats & oils](https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/precision-fermentation-fats-oils/)