Calysta’s FeedKind protein receives MARA approval for use in aquaculture feeds
January 31, 2024 Calysta’s FeedKind® protein has received formal approval for use in aquaculture feeds in China as the company’s joint venture with Adisseo, Calysseo, prepares to deliver first product to customers through Adisseo sales network in China. The country’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) has formally given Calysta’s single cell protein full […]
FeedKind® Protein Wins FDA GRAS Status for Use in Aquaculture
SAN MATEO, California. February 20, 2023. Calysta, the world leader in fermented protein, has announced that its leading product, FeedKind®, has achieved generally recognized as safe (GRAS) status with the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine have granted Calysta’s FeedKind protein GRAS status for use in the US […]
Calysta and Adisseo developing plan to bring major alternative protein facility to Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
— Advanced discussions underway to build site five times the size of maiden FeedKind fermenter in China — Calysseo, a joint venture between world-leading alternative protein company Calysta and worldwide animal nutrition leader Adisseo, has announced it intends to build an alternative protein facility in Al Jubail in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in partnership […]
New era of food security beckons as world’s first industrial-scale alternative protein facility switches on
SAN MATEO, Calif. The world’s first industrial-scale facility to produce FeedKind®, a protein ingredient that needs no animal or plant matter to produce, has switched on. Calysseo, a joint venture between worldwide animal nutrition leader Adisseo and protein innovator Calysta, will initially produce 20,000 tonnes of protein per year from the facility in Chongqing, China. […]
Calysta makes food sector move with Sloot appointment
San Mateo, CA – July 14, 2022– Calysta, Inc. World-leading alternative protein producer, Calysta, has appointed Herman Sloot as its new VP of Commercial Development to target opportunities in the pet and human food sectors. Calysta is the world’s largest alternative protein company and the first of its kind to build an industrial-scale production facility. […]
First industrial-scale FeedKind® facility heralds new era of food security
Commissioning and start-up activities have commenced at the world’s first industrial-scale FeedKind® facility, to produce a new sustainable functional protein that does not use animal or plant ingredients in its production. Calysseo, a joint venture between worldwide animal nutrition leader Adisseo and protein innovator Calysta, will produce 20,000 tonnes of FeedKind® Aqua protein annually from […]
Calysta appoints Chief Science and Sustainability Officer
San Mateo, CA – January, 25 2022 – Calysta, Inc. World-leading alternative protein producer, Calysta, has signaled its future intentions with the appointment of Dr Lori Giver, as Chief Science and Sustainability Officer. Dr Giver first joined Calysta in 2013 as Vice President, Biological Engineering, before being appointed Vice President, Research and Development in 2019. […]
FeedKind® significantly reduces Vibrio in shrimp, improves survival during an EMS Challenge
San Mateo, CA – 3 November, 2021 – Calysta, Inc. New scientific studies show shrimp welfare could be dramatically improved if fed Calysta’s FeedKind® protein, with the feed ingredient significantly reducing Early Mortality Syndrome risk. EMS is one of the biggest issues facing shrimp farming today, having cost the industry billions of dollars since it […]
Calysta bolsters senior team and board with the appointment of new CFO and board member
San Mateo, CA – September 13, 2021 – Calysta, Inc. World-leading alternative protein producer Calysta has bolstered its strategic leadership. Keysha Bailey becomes CFO while Rabobank veteran Jacqueline Pieters-Zetsma joins the Board of Directors as an independent non-exec board member. Keysha Bailey brings over 20 years of strategic financial and operational leadership with results in […]
Calysta announces $39 Million investment to fund global expansion plans
San Mateo, CA (September 9, 2021) — Calysta, Inc. Leading alternative protein producer Calysta has completed a $39 million financing round, led by bp ventures, to support global scale-up of production of Calysta’s FeedKind® protein. FeedKind is a family of natural, sustainable, and traceable feed ingredients for fish, livestock and pets. It is produced using […]