Codexis: Optimizing sweetener production through enzymes
Enzyme specialist Codexis is working on multiple projects in the food space, and recently helped Tate & Lyle optimize its stevia (Tasteva Reb M) and allulose production process by improving yields, said director Michael Miller: “So with the stevia bioconversion process we’re talking about a customized cascade of enzymes, and that really that differentiates us from the major enzyme companies, who will typically sell one enzyme."
He added: “Our average time from inception of a project to get a small amount of enzyme in someone's hands is measured in weeks and months. The major enzyme companies don't work at that speed, and to my knowledge, none of them have enzyme cascades where it's a single process with multiple enzymes like this.”
