New Zealand biotech Nutrition from Water (NXW) announced it’s joining San Francisco-based open innovation food technology ecosystem MISTA as a startup member.
MISTA encompasses numerous multinational members in the food manufacturing and distribution industries including Givaudan, Buhler, Danone, Conagra, Ingredion, SIG, and others. Startups that have scaled through the ecosystem include NotCo, Geltor, and Yali Bio, which recently claimed to have created the world’s first human bioidentical breast milk fat through precision fermentation.
The MISTA announcement closely follows NXW’s winning of Cargill’s Nutrition for Tomorrow Award 2024 in Singapore at Future Food Asia in May 2024.
NXW also announced it would be launching its first samples of its Marine Whey product into the US at an invitation-only applications session held at MISTA Foods on 14 June.
Founded in 2020 under the former brand name of NewFish, NXW claims to source out protein-rich nutrition from microscopic organisms found in freshwater and marine environments through fermentation. The start-up says that because its Marine Whey product relies on organisms grown in fermenters it can therefore be harnessed with no interference to sentient marine life.
NXW says Marine Whey is targeted for a variety of needs including sports, medical, aged and affordable nutrition categories.
NXW CEO Toby Lane said, “Alongside our current headquarters at IndieBio SF in Dogpatch, we’re excited to be joining MISTA Foods to showcase our affordable, high quality, and complete nutrition designed in New Zealand. We’re working with global partners in coalition to manufacture non-GMO nutrition from water that doesn’t compromise on deliciousness, function, and price.”
Lane also commented on the state of the company’s Marine Whey prototypes and the benefits of working within MISTA’s ecosystem.
“We’re finalizing our Marine Whey prototypes and planning to supply many tonnes over the coming year to prioritized coalition partners, and we’re having fun with the MISTA ecosystem testing various applications.
“Our Marine Whey behaves and functions just like high-quality dairy whey, with a much smaller environmental footprint and a price point at scale that allows us to feed millions of growing families across Africa, Asia Pacific, and the Americas. We’re eager to collaborate under the MISTA umbrella, testing and learning in partnership with experts worldwide.”
MISTA has demonstrated strong support to New Zealand-based start-ups, having formed a partnership late last year with Future Food Aotearoa (FFA) – a founders movement driving advancement in the New Zealand and Pacific Rim food tech ecosystem – to help NZ food tech start-ups expand beyond their domestic market.
NSX said that companies or investors with an interest in their products may register for the sampling event at info@nutritionfromwater.com.
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