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Perfect Day

Formerly: Muufri

We’re rethinking everything. Starting with food. Using safe, proven fermentation methods we make animal-free whey protein from microflora – not cows – to make dairy that’s identical to traditional milk. The production of our whey protein emits up to 97% less greenhouse gas emissions, uses up to 99% less blue water, and uses up to 60% less nonrenewable energy, compared to the production of …

active United StatesUSA & Canada Founded 2014 Unlisted checked 2026-10-05

Profile

Industry
Alternative proteins, Food ingredients, Precision Fermentation & Cultivated Products
Topics
Precision fermentation (proteins, dairy, egg)
Role
Producer — “…completing a joint-venture manufacturing facility in Gujarat, India, with commercial deliveries of its ProFerm…”
Why it is bioeconomy
Perfect Day is a food-technology company that uses precision fermentation to produce animal-free whey protein for use as a food ingredient.

Bio-solutions it supplies 0

Not yet cited as a supplier in a graded solution.

What they offer

Sites 2

  • Perfect Day India Private Limited, Bangalore, India
  • SBF, Inc., Logan, Utah, United States

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

Subsidiaries: The Urgent Company (TUC) · SBF, Inc.

Status

  • 2024 Latest status: The company underwent a strategic restructuring that included selling its consumer brands arm (The Urgent Company), divesting a 50% stake in Sterling Biotech to Zydus Lifesciences, and shifting to a pure-play B2B ingredient supplier model. ↗ ↗ ↗

Recent news 5

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  • 2026-08-18 Perfect Day Re-emerges as a Stronger Business in the Animal-Free palateshift.com
    Perfect Day has spent two years in “incognito mode” focusing on manufacturing scale and commercial economics to build a durable precision-fermentation dairy protein business. It now re-emerges with stronger fundamentals, a clear path to supply (ProFerm) from a new joint facility …
  • 2025-06-04 Perfect Day urges court to toss deceptive marketing lawsuit agfundernews.com
    Perfect Day is defending itself against a D.C. CPPA lawsuit alleging deceptive marketing of its animal-free dairy ingredient ProFerm (beta-lactoglobulin from a genetically engineered fungus). The company argues lack of personal jurisdiction and failure to state a claim, while …
  • 2025-04-22 Perfect Day sued over ‘misleading’ marketing of animal-free dairy | FoodBev Media foodbev.com
    Perfect Day is facing a fresh legal challenge over its animal-free ProFerm protein, accused by GMO/Toxin Free USA and the Organic Consumers Association of misleading marketing that brands ProFerm as “whey protein” or “milk-identical.” The plaintiffs claim the product is not …
  • 2025-04-18 Animal-free dairy under fire as Perfect Day hit with lawsuit agfundernews.com
    Perfect Day, a leader in animal-free dairy using precision fermentation to produce whey proteins like ProFerm, is facing a DC lawsuit alleging deceptive marketing of its milk-identical claims and non-GMO status. The plaintiffs seek declaratory relief and an injunction, arguing …
  • 2025-04-17 GMO/Toxin Free USA Sues Perfect Day Alleging Misleading Claims About "Animal Free Dairy" prnewswire.com
    GMO/Toxin Free USA alleges that Perfect Day’s ProFerm, a bioengineered whey protein used in Animal-Free Dairy products, is misleadingly marketed as identical to cow’s milk, asserting it is only 13.4% cow’s whey protein, largely fungal, contains 93 fungal compounds, and provides …

Network: owners, partners, peers

Ownership & investors 7

investorTemasek
investorHorizons Ventures
investorCanada Pension Plan Investment Board
investorBob Iger
investorSK, Inc
subsidiaryThe Urgent Company
subsidiarySBF, Inc

Partners & deals 1

counterpartyZydus Lifesciences (joint venture partner)
…The company underwent a strategic restructuring that included selling its consumer brands arm (The Urgent Company), divesting a 50% stake in Sterling Biotech to Zydus Lifesciences, and shifting to a ……

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Company facts

Funding

  • Latest round: Series e · 2024-01-01 · US$ 90.0 M
  • Total raised: US$ 801.6 M

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