Enifer Partners With FS to Produce Mycoproteins in Brazil from Corn Ethanol Sidestreams
Finnish mycoprotein company Enifer has announced that its proprietary PEKILO® fermentation technology is set to arrive in Latin America for the first time, in partnership with Brazilian ethanol producer FS. The collaboration will mark the first time Enifer’s PEKILO®Pet and PEKILO®Aqua production processes have operated outside Europe, and the first time corn ethanol-derived thin stillage has been used as feedstock. FS is now working to construct an industrial process at a pilot scale for the Brazilian market, which will produce approximately a combined 500 tonnes of PEKILO®Pet and PEKILO®Aqua annually. The fermentation process will be integrated with FS’s ethanol production, using sidestreams from existing operations to improve resource efficiency and advance circular economy principles. “Relevant and innovative solution” To enable the scale-up of the production, …