Carbiotix - The NutraCycle upcycling service

Why should we care?

Our current food production system is failing us, leading to nutrient deficiencies and poorer health as a result.

Discarded nutrients

Our food production system discards many of the nutrient rich parts of plants (e.g., hemicellulose fraction) we should be utilising.

Prebiotic deficiency

Over 90% of adults lack over 50% of the soluble fibre or prebiotics they should be consuming in their diets on a daily basis.

Health problems

Gut microbiome health is becoming poorer and poorer, and more and more people are suffering health issues as a result.

The Solution – NutraCycle

Onsite upcycling and fortification through NutraCycle has the potential to improve the health, profitability, and sustainability of all plant-based products.

NutraCycle Products

The products from the NutraCycle process are complex, clean, and cost-effective. Moreover, these products are continually improved over time leveraging Carbiotix evolving technology portfolio and the collective knowledge and experiences of NutraCycle customers and partners.

Complex

The products from the NutraCycle process are a complex matrix of soluble fibers, proteins and other bio-active ingredients. This complexity adds to the overall bifidogenic effect and utilization of the proteins/bio-actives in the host, thus resulting in a fortification extract and ingredient that has the potential to have greater positive health impact on a wider portion of the population.

Clean

The products from the NutraCycle process are designed to be clean and thus have a minimal impact on the taste, colour and odour of food & beverage products. This design characteristic ensures high formulation compatibility across a diverse range of food & beverage applications thus accelerating the time-to-market and consumer acceptance of fortified products.

Cost-effective

The products from the NutraCycle process are manufactured on-site at a cost that is as little as 25% to 50% of the cost of purchasing an equivalent ingredient off-site. This cost advantage allows for the fortification of (ultra) processed food & beverage products into functional products that in the past could not be fortified due to the high cost of off-site ingredients.

Benefits of NutraCycle

NutraCycle will help you future proof your business and stay competitive in a market quickly evolving towards more healthy and sustainable products.

Healthier products

Fortify existing and new products with prebiotics improving the nutritional profile
Fortify products with soluble protein and other ingredients that are bioactive
Utilise extracted mono-sugars to replace the need for added sugars

Increased profitability

Higher pricing power for existing and new fortified products
New revenue streams for ingredients and residuals sold off-site
Lower cost for prebiotics, proteins, mono-sugars and other active ingredients

More sustainable

More sustainable upcycling model with regards to lower transport footprint
Less waste as 100% of raw material can be utilised in products
Opportunities to better utilise waste energy, water and other resources

How the NutraCycle service works

The NutraCycle service is divided into three distinct phases which include a laboratory pre-study project, a joint commercial development project, and service support. The first two phases have been designed to cost-effectively evaluate the potential of a side-stream product to be upcycled and used to fortify products. The NutraCycle service focuses on value driven process and product development based on Carbiotix IP and trade secret, aiming at supporting the R&D, innovations, product formulation, and business development functions of companies.

Laboratory pre-study

The laboratory pre-study project is a no-cost service offered to any owners of plant-based side-streams. The purpose of the project is to determine the potential of a side-stream to be upcycled into low-cost, complex soluble extracts to be used in processed food & beverage products. Thus, Carbiotix provides data on formulation suitability and composition based upon an upcycling process developed, in addition to an initial business case for the fortification of healthier food & beverage products.

Joint development

The joint commercial development project is a low-cost service that focuses on validating the formulation suitability of low-cost, complex extracts generated with one or several food & beverage CPG partner companies and developing a vetted investment case to decide on the construction of a NutraCycle process. Since Carbiotix joins as an equal partner with regards to CAPEX deployment and OEM supplier, one goal of the joint development project is to demonstrate a de-risking for all NutraCycle partners.

Service support

Once a NutraCycle process is operational, Carbiotix continues to provide support with regards to delivering customised consumables and assisting with process optimisation and product formulation work. As an equal partner, Carbiotix also plays a key role in expanding process capacity over time by building out food & beverage CPG networks and continuing to take a lead role with regards to process design and site expansion activities. In time, Carbiotix also assists to bring ingredients to market.

NutraCycle Network

The NutraCycle Network has been structured to help ensure that every NutraCycle project is successful today and into the future.

Access to collective knowledge and experiences

Leveraging the collective knowledge and experience of all NutraCycle customers, accelerates all key steps in setting up and operating a successful and profitable onsite upcycling process.

Access to dedicated partner network

The NutraCycle network includes dedicated partners that can assist with the sourcing of technologies, sale of products, and provide support covering a wide range of topics linked to an upcycling site.

Avoid making common mistakes & errors

The NutraCycle Network allows customers to avoid reinventing the wheel. Making mistakes can be very costly, thus avoiding mistakes by leveraging the NutraCycle Network is a sound choice.

Why work with Carbiotix?

Carbiotix value proposition is based on extensive experience, the sharing of knowledge, and an offering that focuses on customer value generation.

10-years experience

We have over 10-years of experience in the extraction of prebiotics and other active ingredients from a wide variety of plant-based side-streams.

Future proof your business, food factory

Access to network

Customers get access to the NutraCycle Network and the collective knowledge and experiences of all NutraCycle partners around the world.

Attractive terms

The NutraCycle service is based on attractive terms making it an easy decision to improve the health, profitability and sustainability of your product portfolio.

NutraCycle - an innovation in upcycling