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:

Prew®tein

Prewtein® is a clean label protein ingredient with superior functional and nutritional properties. Being non-novel food and non-GMO, Prewtein® can 

reduce or fully eliminate unwanted additives and animal-based ingredients (e.g., eggs) in a large variety of food products.

  • Logo ProteinDistillery 100% yeast-based
  • Logo ProteinDistillery Neutral off-white color
  • Logo ProteinDistillery Over 75% protein content
  • Logo ProteinDistillery Thermo-irreversible gelation
  • Logo ProteinDistillery Full solubility
  • Logo ProteinDistillery Great emulsification
We recommend the use of Prewtein® in food applications (e.g., meat-, cheese-, or egg alternatives).

Download our PDFs with more information here: Meat, Sauce & Dips & Bakery solutions.

Prew®fat

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

Download our PDFs with more information here!

Prew®mix Egg-like

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
Prew®mix scrambled egg alternative Download our PDFs with more information here!

Prew®vital

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.

Prew®culture

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.

Stay Prew®tuned

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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Our Main Pillars

Sustainably Upcycled Materials

By relying on already existing raw materials — fermented biomass sidestreams — as input for Prew® ingredients, production is circular and highly sustainable regarding land & water use and GHG emissions versus industry standards.

Safe & Secure Supply

A short, constantly supervised supply chain ensures consistent year-round sourcing without seasonal variance. Utilizing many fermented biomass sources further reduces single-source dependence.

Supportive & Scalable Partners

We offer the expertise and manpower to co-develop recipes, run testing applications, and help integrate our ingredients into your own manufacturing processes at scale.

Upcycled Fermented Biomass

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Got unvalorized sidestreams? Make them count!

At ProteinDistillery, we believe in utilizing sidestreams to create a better future. Our innovative approach as a multi-ingredient powerhouse leverages the microorganisms found in biomass like, for example, brewer’s yeast from brewing beer, making your industry by-products our input materials.

This symbiotic relationship not only allows us to offer functional, high-quality ingredients to the market, but it also supports your efforts towards a more circular and sustainable economy. By collaborating with us, you can help reduce unused sidestreams and drive positive change across many industries.

Make your sidestreams count

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

Get in Touch

ProteinDistillery

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.

Dr. Christian Kling

DR. CHRISTIAN KLING

Managing Director

Michael Baunach

MICHAEL BAUNACH

Co-Founder · Process & Engineering

Prof. Dr. Tomas Kurz

PROF. DR. TOMAS KURZ

Co-Founder · Product & Operations

Aleksander Bauer

ALEKSANDER BAUER

Laboratory Technician

Christan Victor

CHRISTAN VICTOR

Marketing & Communications

Ian Bothello

IAN BOTHELLO

Sales Manager

Dr. John Walden

DR. JOHN WALDEN

Coordinator R & S Projects

Dr. Jovana Glusac

DR. JOVANA GLUSAC

Technical Sales Manager

Kiriakos Krimniotis

KIRIAKOS KRIMNIOTIS

Technical Sales Manager

Laura Herz

LAURA HERZ

Head of Application Development

Raphael Göhring

RAPHAEL GÖHRING

Process Engineer

Sarah Baumgartner

SARAH BAUMGARTNER

Head of Quality Management

Sergio Andrés Quecán Díaz

SERGIO ANDRÉS QUECÁN DÍAZ

Project Engineer

Tobias Schäfer

TOBIAS SCHÄFER

Process Engineer

Valerie Dicenta-Baunach

VALERIE DICENTA-BAUNACH

Project Coordination

Zdeněk Prokop

ZDENĚK PROKOP

Production Management

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