It ain't fashion, if it ain't sustainable

Nethaji Gallage

PRESS RELEASE / Announcement

10 May 2023

3 minutes

Synthetic biology offers a viable alternative to this practice by enabling the development of safer and more innovative colors and dyes, made through microbial fermentation. Octarine Bio's exceptional proficiency in enzymatic derivatization, which can enable improved production levels and superior properties of these colors, is a key part of Octarine's technology.

Octarine Bio and Ginkgo Bioworks Announce Partnership to Produce Natural Colors

COPENHAGEN, Denmark and BOSTON, u.s.: Octarine Bio, a synthetic biology company developing new sustainable bio-based ingredients, and Ginkgo Bioworks, which is building the leading platform for cell programming and biosecurity, today announced a multi-stage partnership focused on compounds in the tryptophan pathway, with the objective of...

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