MANY MINDEDEuropean Plant-Based Dairy Fat Production Partnership
Nourish Ingredients and SD Guthrie completed a 10-tonne industrial production run of Creamilux—a plant-based dairy fat—within days of partnering to scale European manufacturing. Current capacity stands at 20 tonnes per day, with the partnership leveraging Nourish Ingredients’ precision fermentation technology and SD Guthrie’s lipid production infrastructure. The company targets 100 tonnes of Creamilux annually within 2–3 years, potentially scaling to 500+ tonnes later, though exact timelines remain unverified. First products using Creamilux are expected in European retail within six months, and the technology is approved for sale in the EU and Australia. Nourish Ingredients has raised nearly $40 million in funding, pursuing an additional $15 million for commercial operations.
This partnership directly enables wider access to affordable plant-based dairy alternatives in Europe by moving production from lab-scale to industrial output. The mechanism—combining fermentation technology with existing lipid manufacturing—creates a pathway for cost-effective, scalable animal-free dairy fat without relying on livestock.
For Europeans seeking affordable dairy substitutes, this represents a concrete step toward cheaper, more available plant-based options. The ability to produce dairy fat at scale without animal products could reduce costs for alternatives while avoiding the environmental and ethical constraints of traditional dairy.
What to watch: Whether the $15 million funding achieves profitability, the pace of scaling beyond 100 tonnes, and whether Creamilux’s approval expands beyond the EU and Australia. Production targets and timelines remain unconfirmed beyond stated ambitions.
Source: Green Queen