Better Ingredients. Better Future.

Clean and multifunctional ingredients to empower companies in making healthy and sustainable products the new norm.

Building a Multi-Ingredient Powerhouse

At ProteinDistillery, we harness industrial sidestreams to create next-generation ingredients. Our proprietary process transforms fermented biomass (i.e. yeast) into clean-label, highly functional solutions.

By dissecting the microorganisms' cells into their building blocks, we can create a plentitude of ingredients with individual compositions attractive for various industries such as human food, pet food, animal nutrition, health, cosmetics, agriculture and biotechnology at large.

Introducing Prew®

Powered by yeast cells, ProteinDistillery offers a multi-ingredient product portfolio, catering to various needs across industries:

Product

Prew®fat

Protein-fat emulsion for realistic texture and increased juiciness.
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Prew®fat is a protein-fat emulsion similar to intramuscular fat, enabling juiciness in meat alternative products by uniquely retaining and locking in moisture which does not dissolve upon heating, allowing for a bite and mouthfeel as similar to animal products as possible.

  • Realistic heterogenous texture
  • Increased juiciness

We recommend the use of Prew®fat in meat analogues.

Product

Prew®mix Egg-like

Clean label composition for scrambled eggs or omelettes.
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Our egg-like Prew®mix delivers the functionality of Prewtein® in a carefully pre-mixed composition perfect for creating a clean label alternative for scrambled eggs or omelettes.

  • Easy storage and long shelf life
  • Egg-like taste and texture
Product

Prew®vital

Yeast cell wall fraction for multiple industries.
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The yeast cell wall fraction (Prew®vital) contains β-glucans, MOS, fibers, and vitamins, which can be utilized across various industries, including

human food, pet food, cosmetics, among others.

Product

Prew®culture

Fermentation supplement for lab and industrial scale production.
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Prew®culture is a fermentation supplement that can be used to increase growth as a replacement for yeast extract for fermentative

production on both a lab and industrial scale. Prew®culture contains a high content of needed trace elements and nitrogen required in microbial fermentation. Prew®culture can also be used for cell-culture growth.

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More to come

Our amazing R&D team is relentlessly working on further maximising resource efficiency and valorising as much as possible from our input

streams (currently brewer’s yeast). Thereby, we don’t just become more circular each day, but can also add more and more high-value ingredients to our portfolio.

Stay tuned for what’s new with Prew®!

Ready to make your products more sustainable and future-proof?

Discover how our next-generation ingredients can help you create cleaner, more efficient formulations - and take your innovation to the next level.

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Applications

Sustainable ingredients from ProteinDistillery for multiple industries

Our yeast-based ingredient platform unlocks clean-label functionality, nutritional value and scalable performance across diverse application areas.

Food Applications
Human Food

Food Applications

Using clean and multifunctional protein ingredients, our mission is to empower food companies in making sustainable foods the new norm.

Our 100% natural, non-GMO, non-novel and animal-free ingredients enable cleaner and healthier recipe formulations across a broad range of food applications.

To discover more about how our solutions can benefit your food products, contact us today.

Pet Food Applications
Pet Food

Pet Food Applications

Harnessing the power of sustainable, yeast-based ingredients, ProteinDistillery aims to elevate modern pet nutrition with solutions that combine taste, functionality and nutritional value.

Our ingredients are developed to enhance palatability while contributing essential nutrients that support overall pet health and product differentiation.

To discover more about how our solutions can benefit your pet food products, contact us today.

Animal Nutrition Applications
Animal Nutrition

Animal Nutrition Applications

ProteinDistillery is dedicated to advancing animal nutrition through yeast-derived ingredients designed to support performance, health and formulation efficiency.

Our solutions can be integrated into diets for various species and help improve nutritional efficiency while leveraging the natural value of upcycled fermentation-derived raw materials.

To discover more about how our solutions can benefit your animal nutrition products, contact us today.

Biotechnology
Biotechnology

Biotechnology

At ProteinDistillery, we explore the versatile applications of yeast to innovate across the biotechnology value chain.

Our work spans process optimisation, strain-related opportunities and clean-label solutions that support cellular performance, productivity and more sustainable industrial processes.

Discover more about our solutions by contacting us today.

Interested in collaborating or learning more about our yeast-based innovations?

Discover how our solutions can transform your formulations, enhance performance, and support a more sustainable future for food, feed, and biotech industries.

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Manufacturing Opportunities

Explore opportunities in modular contract manufacturing at our Protein Competence Center in Heilbronn.

Discover how our infrastructure and expertise can support scalable, future-ready production concepts tailored to your needs.

Meet our team

ProteinDistillery brings together experts across biotechnology, food processing and business operations. Our team combines deep scientific expertise with hands-on industrial experience - supported by an advisory board with strong backgrounds in food technology and biotech.

This interdisciplinary foundation enables us to translate research into scalable solutions and build a company that is technically sound, commercially grounded and prepared for long-term growth.

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Management team

  • Portrait of Dr. Christian Kling

    Dr. Christian Kling

    Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director

  • Portrait of Pascal Haensel

    Pascal Haensel

    Chief Financial Officer & Managing Director

  • Portrait of Michael Baunach

    Michael Baunach

    Founder & Engineering Manager

  • Portrait of Prof. Dr. Tomas Kurz

    Prof. Dr. Tomas Kurz

    Founder & Operations Manager

Our team

  • Portrait of Aleksander Bauer

    Aleksander Bauer

    Laboratory Technician

  • Portrait of Anna Maria Schräer

    Anna Maria Schräer

    Sales Manager

  • Portrait of Carolin Getrost

    Carolin Getrost

    HR & Project Management

  • Portrait of Christan Victor

    Christan Victor

    Marketing & Communications

  • Portrait of Henri Höper

    Henri Höper

    Process Engineer

  • Portrait of Ian Bothello

    Ian Bothello

    Sales Manager

  • Portrait of Dr. John Walden

    Dr. John Walden

    Coordinator R & S Projects

  • Portrait of Laura Herz

    Laura Herz

    Head of Application Development

  • Portrait of Mathis Schade

    Mathis Schade

    Financial Manager

  • Portrait of Raphael Göhring

    Raphael Göhring

    Process Engineer

  • Portrait of Sergio Andrés Quecán Díaz

    Sergio Andrés Quecán Díaz

    Project Engineer

  • Portrait of Tobias Schäfer

    Tobias Schäfer

    Process Engineer

  • Portrait of Zdeněk Prokop

    Zdeněk Prokop

    Production Management

Let’s make healthy and sustainable products the new norm!

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