Arbiom kicked off the SYLPLANT project, a European collaborative project that gathers 17 partners covering the entire food and feed value chains from feedstock manufacturers, such as BioMar, to retailers. It is co-funded by the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU), a public-private partnership between the European Commission and the Bio-based Industries Consortium.

SYLPLANT is built on the success of Sylfeed, a four-year project funded by the Bio-Based Industries Joint Undertaking (predecessor of CBE JU) where Arbiom successfully scaled up its technology and validated the performance of SylPro®, its flagship ingredient.

“This factory paves the way to Arbiom’s industrial deployment. It will bring 10,000 tons per year of alternative, highly nutritional and sustainable protein to the market to answer the future food needs,” said Marc Chevrel, CEO of Arbiom.

This project’s importance at both France and European levels is underscored by the France Relance funding obtained in 2022, and now the €14 million CBE JU grant for the next three years.

As part of SYLPLANT and for the next three years, the consortium will work on constructing and operating Arbiom’s first plant in France to reach 10,000 tons per year of ingredient production. It will also validate the use of SylPro® in feed applications including aquafeed and petfood and gather consumer insights, as well as develop the next generation of foods such as cheese analogs, meat analogs, and specialized nutrition products with Arbiom’s ingredients.

Through SYLPLANT, Arbiom brings together European experts of the entire value chain from feedstocks manufacturers to retailers to build the future of food. “We are convinced that collaborating with strong market partners of the feed and food sectors will enable us to accelerate the development of next-generation ingredients,” said Amélie Drouault, VP of Business Development for Arbiom.