Kampani yogulitsa mapuloteni otsekemera ku US, Oobli, yagwirizana ndi kampani yapadziko lonse ya Ingredion, komanso yapeza ndalama zokwana $18 miliyoni mu Series B1.
Pamodzi, Oobli ndi Ingredion cholinga chawo ndi kufulumizitsa mwayi wopeza maswiti abwino, okoma bwino komanso otsika mtengo m'makampani. Kudzera mu mgwirizanowu, abweretsa maswiti achilengedwe monga stevia pamodzi ndi zosakaniza za mapuloteni otsekemera a Oobli.
Mapuloteni otsekemera amapereka njira yabwino kwambiri m'malo mogwiritsa ntchito shuga ndi zotsekemera zopangidwa, zoyenera kugwiritsidwa ntchito muzakudya ndi zakumwa zosiyanasiyana kuphatikizapo zakumwa zoziziritsa kukhosi zokhala ndi carbonated, zophikidwa, yogurts, makeke ndi zina zambiri.
Zingagwiritsidwenso ntchito bwino powonjezera zotsekemera zina zachilengedwe, kuthandiza makampani azakudya kukulitsa kukoma pamene akukwaniritsa zolinga za zakudya komanso kusamalira ndalama.
Makampani awiriwa posachedwapa apanga zinthu mogwirizana kuti amvetse bwino mwayi wa mapuloteni otsekemera ndi stevia. Mgwirizanowu unayambitsidwa pambuyo pa ndemanga zabwino zomwe zasonkhanitsidwa pambuyo pa mayeso awa. Mwezi wamawa, Ingredion ndi Oobli adzawulula zina mwa zomwe zachitika pa chochitika cha Future Food Tech ku San Francisco, US, kuyambira 13-14 Marichi 2025.
Ndalama zokwana $18 miliyoni za Oobli zoperekedwa mu Series B1 zinaperekedwa ndi thandizo kuchokera kwa amalonda atsopano a chakudya ndi ulimi, kuphatikizapo Ingredion Ventures, Lever VC ndi Sucden Ventures. Amalonda atsopanowa alowa nawo omwe alipo kale, Khosla Ventures, Piva Capital ndi B37 Ventures pakati pa ena.
Ali Wing, CEO wa Oobli, anati: “Mapuloteni okoma ndi chinthu chomwe chakhala chikuwonjezeredwa kale kwambiri pa zida zopangira zotsekemera zabwino kwa inu. Kugwira ntchito ndi magulu abwino kwambiri a Ingredion kuti tigwirizane ndi zotsekemera zachilengedwe ndi mapuloteni athu atsopano okoma kudzapereka mayankho osintha kwambiri mu gulu lofunikali, lomwe likukula komanso la panthawi yake.”
Nate Yates wa Ingredion, Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti ndi Mtsogoleri Wamkulu wa kuchepetsa shuga ndi kulimbikitsa ulusi, komanso CEO wa bizinesi ya Pure Circle sweetener ya kampaniyo, anati: “Kwa nthawi yayitali takhala patsogolo pa zatsopano mu njira zothetsera shuga, ndipo ntchito yathu ndi mapuloteni otsekemera ndi gawo latsopano losangalatsa paulendo umenewo”.
Iye anawonjezera kuti: “Kaya tikukulitsa njira zotsekemera zomwe zilipo kale ndi mapuloteni otsekemera kapena kugwiritsa ntchito zotsekemera zomwe takhazikitsa kale kuti titsegule mwayi watsopano, tikuwona mgwirizano wodabwitsa m'mapulatifomu awa”.
Mgwirizanowu ukutsatira zilengezo zaposachedwa za Oobli kuti walandira makalata a US FDA GRAS akuti 'palibe mafunso' a mapuloteni awiri otsekemera (monellin ndi brazzein), zomwe zikutsimikizira chitetezo cha mapuloteni atsopano otsekemera kuti agwiritsidwe ntchito muzakudya ndi zakumwa.
Nthawi yotumizira: Mar-10-2025