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Biobased Chemicals

Geltor scales up biobased collagen

by Michael McCoy
February 27, 2022 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 100, Issue 8

 

The biobased material firm Geltor says it has completed a commercial-scale production run of PrimaColl, which it calls the first collagen made with zero animal inputs. The material was made at a contract fermentation plant in the Czech Republic run by the specialty chemical maker Arxada. Geltor says its collagen is now available to food and beverage makers. The California-based firm is also working on fermentation-derived human elastin.

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