Sophie's BioNutrients

What Sophie's BioNutrients does

Sophie's BioNutrients is a Singapore-incorporated food technology company founded in 2017 that produces sustainable protein ingredients from microalgae cultivated inside controlled bioreactors. The company's sole commercial product, Sustainable Urban Protein, is a high-protein flour grown in three days using minimal water, no herbicides, fertilizers, antibiotics, or hormones, and can be formulated into whole-algae ingredients for plant-based meat and functional food applications. Production relies on locally sourced food waste feedstocks including spent grains from breweries, okara from tofu makers, and molasses from sugar refineries, positioning the company within a circular economy model. The underlying technology is patent-pending, and the company self-identifies as the first food tech firm to apply microalgae-based methods to this category of protein alternatives.

The company operates as a B2B ingredient supplier targeting food manufacturers producing plant-based meat and functional foods, with revenue model documentation indicating both direct ingredient sales and potential licensing of its microalgae cultivation technology to third-party producers. Go-to-market appears to be enterprise field sales, with inbound engagement routed through a website contact form that captures Scientists, Investors, and Collaborators rather than self-serve buyer motion. The company holds no disclosed pricing, no named customers, and no reported revenue.

Sophie's BioNutrients is led by co-founder and CEO Eugene Wang and co-founder and Chief Nutrition Officer Kirin Tsuei, and operates through two legal entities (Sophie's Bionutrients Pte. Ltd. in Singapore and Sophie's Bionutrients B.V. in the Netherlands) with offices in Singapore, Wageningen, Taipei City, and Prince Edward Island. Headcount is reported at 1-10 employees, and the only documented capital event is a $40,000 grant from GreenShoots in December 2025, alongside prior accelerator participation with Brinc, MassChallenge Switzerland, and SPACE-F in 2021. No equity funding rounds, customer logos, or revenue figures are disclosed.

Name

Sophie's BioNutrients

Legal name

Sophie's Bionutrients Pte. Ltd.

Website

https://sophiesbionutrients.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Sophie's BioNutrients is a Singapore-based food tech company that produces a microalgae-derived protein flour called Sustainable Urban Protein for B2B food manufacturers making plant-based meat and functional foods, using bioreactor cultivation and food-waste feedstocks.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Plant-Based Protein Ingredients

NAICS

Starch and Vegetable Fats and Oils Manufacturing (31122)

SIC

Food And Kindred Products (2000)

akta.pro primary industry

Algae & Seaweed Proteins (Microalgae/Spirulina, Macroalgae) (AFAJAHAF)

Keywords

• Microalgae protein production
• Plant-based protein ingredients
• Alternative protein technology
• Single cell protein
• Food ingredient supply

Headquarters

HQ city

Singapore

HQ country

Singapore

HQ region

Asia

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Operations, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Microalgae Protein Ingredients B2B Sales: Selling microalgae-based protein flour and ingredients to food manufacturers for use in plant-based meat and functional food applications
2. Sustainable Protein Technology Licensing: Potential licensing of patent-pending microalgae cultivation and processing technologies to other food producers or manufacturers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Sophie's BioNutrients develops and produces "Sustainable Urban Protein," a high-protein microalgae-based flour grown inside controlled bio-reactors using local food waste (spent grains, okara, molasses) as feedstock. The ingredient is sold B2B to food manufacturers for use in plant-based meat alternatives and functional foods, with a production cycle of approximately three days and a land footprint of 0.02 hectare per ton.

Product overview

Sophie's BioNutrients is a food tech company that operates as a single-product producer of sustainable protein. The company's sole offering is Sustainable Urban Protein, a micro-algae-based protein flour that can be used across all food applications including plant-based meat and functional foods. The production process uses bio-reactors to grow micro-algae in 3 days, utilizing local food waste (spent grains, okara, molasses) and minimal water within metropolitan areas.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sustainable Urban Protein A pure protein flour produced from micro-algae grown in bio-reactors, high in protein and suitable for any food applications including plant-based meat and functional foods. Produced in approximately three days with a 0.02 hectare-per-ton space footprint under contamination-controlled conditions, using local food waste (spent grains, okara, molasses) as feedstock. Sold B2B to food manufacturers.

Quantifiable outcome

• 3-day protein production cycle vs. weeks/months for conventional agriculture
• +1 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Triton Algae Innovations: US-based company producing algae-derived food ingredients and proteins. Direct comparable as another microalgae-based B2B protein ingredient producer targeting food applications.
• Algenuity: UK-based algae biotechnology company developing microalgae strains and processes for food and nutrition. Closely comparable technology stack (microalgae cultivation for food applications) at a similar early stage.
• Lumen Bioscience: US-based company using engineered microalgae as a production platform for proteins and other ingredients. Shares the core approach of producing food/health ingredients from cultivated microalgae.
• Microphyt: France-based microalgae company developing microalgae-derived ingredients for food, nutrition, and cosmetics. Closely comparable as a European microalgae ingredient specialist targeting B2B food applications.

Broad incumbents

• Corbion: Netherlands-based global ingredient company with a major algae-derived ingredients platform (including DHA from microalgae). Comparable as an established player selling microalgae-derived ingredients into the food industry.
• Cyanotech: US-based producer of microalgae-derived nutritional products, including spirulina and astaxanthin. Comparable incumbent in the algae-to-food ingredient category, though focused on nutraceuticals rather than B2B food protein.

Emerging players

• MycoTechnology: US-based company producing mycelium/fungal-fermented food ingredients. Adjacent alternative-protein fermentation platform competing for the same B2B ingredient buyer relationships in plant-based meat and functional foods.
• Perfect Day: US-based precision-fermentation company producing animal-free dairy proteins. Competes with Sophie's BioNutrients for B2B CPG ingredient relationships and for alternative-protein investor capital.
• The EVERY Company (formerly Clara Foods): US-based precision-fermentation company producing animal-free egg proteins. Another fermentation-derived B2B protein ingredient competitor targeting the same food manufacturer customer base.
• Air Protein: US-based company producing protein ingredients via gas fermentation using hydrogen-oxidizing microorganisms. Comparable as a fermentation-based, single-cell protein ingredient supplier to food manufacturers.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sophies-bionutrients

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors3 records

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M&A

Investments

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