On March 12, 2025, Ingredient companies Shiru and GreenLab announced a strategic partnership to commercialize novel food proteins using GreenLab’s proprietary corn expression system. The partnership takes advantage of Shiru’s AI-driven ingredient discovery technology to create a high-yield, scalable manufacturing platform for plant-based proteins.
“This partnership brings together some of the best natural protein compounds with a highly productive agricultural production platform to manufacture proteins that are not only sustainable but also scalable and commercially viable,” said Dr. Jasmin Hume, founder and chief executive officer of Shiru. “While we continue to leverage precision fermentation in our screening efforts at Shiru, we’ve always acknowledged that scaling our ingredients can be done via microbes or crops. By integrating GreenLab’s corn expression platform with our AI-driven ingredient discovery, we’re unlocking an entirely new way to produce high-performance food proteins that nourish billions without exhausting the planet’s resources.”
Company officials believe that the key benefits of the partnership will be versatile food ingredient applications, lower costs, higher yields and faster innovation.
“We’re fundamentally changing how the industry approaches protein production,” said Maurice Moloney, president and chief science officer at GreenLab. “Corn is a powerful and efficient system for expressing proteins, and by working with Shiru, we’re taking the next step in creating truly scalable, commercially viable and sustainable ingredients for CPG companies worldwide.”
