Name

Starlake Science

Legal name

广东肇庆星湖生物科技股份有限公司

Website

https://starlake.com.cn

Company type

Public

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Zhaoqing

HQ country

China

HQ region

Asia

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Starlake Science is a diversified biotechnology manufacturer that uses biological fermentation and biochemical engineering to produce amino acids, nucleotides, bio-based fertilizers, and bio-synthesized materials including nylon 56. The company supplies industrial ingredients across five segments: Animal Nutrition, Human Nutrition, Plant Nutrition, New Materials, and Pharmaceutical Raw Materials, selling directly to manufacturers and industrial customers in the food, pharmaceutical, and agricultural sectors.

Product overview

Guangdong Zhaoqing Star Lake Biotechnology Co., Ltd. (Starlake Science) operates as a diversified biotechnology manufacturing company offering products across five main divisions: Animal Nutrition (amino acids, yeast culture, corn products, slag products, Jin Hai products), Human Nutrition (monosodium glutamate, chicken essence, compound seasoning, yeast, food additives, saccharin, trehalose, yeast extract), Plant Nutrition (biological fertilizer, microbial agents, amino acid water-soluble fertilizer, organic water-soluble fertilizer), New Materials (1,5-pentanediamine, nylon 56 salt solution, nylon 56 slice via bio-synthesis technology), and Medicine/Pharmaceutical Raw Materials (inosine, ribavirin, proline, tetraacetyl ribose, adenine). The company provides bio-based solutions for sustainable industry development.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Jinhai Products: Brand within animal nutrition product category
• Star Lake

Products and services

• Amino Acids Amino acid products (including L-Valine) produced via fermentation for industrial, commercial, and livestock feed applications.
• Yeast Culture Yeast culture products for animal nutrition and health applications.
• Corn By-Products and Slag Products Corn by-products and slag products for animal feed applications.
• Jinhai Products Jinhai branded product line for animal nutrition and health applications.
• Monosodium Glutamate (MSG) Monosodium glutamate (味精) for human food seasoning and food ingredient applications.
• Chicken Essence Chicken essence seasoning product (鸡精) for human food applications.
• Compound Seasoning Compound seasoning products (复合调味料) providing multiple flavor combinations for the food industry.
• Yeast and Yeast Extract Yeast and yeast extract products for human food, nutrition, and clean label applications.
• Food Additives and Sweeteners Food additive products including saccharin (sucralose) and trehalose zero-calorie sweeteners for food and beverage applications.
• Biological Organic Fertilizer Biological organic fertilizer (生物有机肥) for plant nutrition and sustainable agriculture.
• Microbial Agent Microbial agents (微生物菌剂) for plant nutrition and soil health applications.
• Amino Acid Water-Soluble Fertilizer Amino acid water-soluble fertilizer (含氨基酸水溶肥) for plant nutrition.
• Organic Water-Soluble Fertilizer Organic water-soluble fertilizer (有机水溶肥料) for plant nutrition applications.
• 1,5-Pentanediamine Bio-synthesized 1,5-pentanediamine (1,5-戊二胺) raw material for sustainable industrial applications.
• Nylon 56 Salt Solution Nylon 56 salt solution (尼龙56盐溶液) produced via bio-synthesis for industrial material applications.
• Nylon 56 Slice Nylon 56 slice/chips (尼龙56切片) derived from bio-synthesis for innovative material manufacturing.
• Inosine Inosine (肌苷) pharmaceutical raw material for drug manufacturing.
• Ribavirin Ribavirin (利巴韦林) pharmaceutical raw material for antiviral drug manufacturing.
• Proline Proline (脯氨酸) pharmaceutical raw material for medical and pharmaceutical applications.
• Tetraacetyl Ribose Tetraacetyl ribose (四乙酰核糖) pharmaceutical raw material for drug synthesis.
• Adenine Adenine (腺嘌呤) pharmaceutical raw material for medical applications.
• Disodium Nucleotides Disodium nucleotides produced via fermentation for food and nutritional applications; ranks Starlake among the top five global manufacturers in this category.

Quantifiable outcome

• Ranked among top 5 global manufacturers in Disodium Nucleotide market with collective top-5 market share of 91.09%

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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API docs

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Core technology

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App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Novozymes (Novonesis): Novozymes (now Novonesis) is the global leader in industrial enzymes and microbial fermentation platforms, relevant as a peer in the underlying fermentation and biocatalysis capability Starlake leverages for amino acids, nucleotides, and bio-materials.
• ADM (Archer Daniels Midland): ADM operates one of the world's largest agricultural processing and fermentation footprints including amino acids, corn-based ingredients, and animal nutrition, paralleling Starlake's diversified grain-to-ingredient model at much larger scale.
• Corbion: Corbion is a global fermentation leader producing biobased food ingredients (preservatives, emulsifiers, functional proteins), sharing with Starlake the fermentation-from-grain platform and overlapping food-industry B2B customers.

Direct peers

• Ajinomoto: Ajinomoto is the global leader in fermentation-based amino acids (lysine, valine, threonine) and nucleotides, and is explicitly named in the same top-five Disodium Nucleotide cohort as Starlake, with overlapping product lines and B2B customers.
• Meihua Holdings Group: Meihua Holdings is a leading Chinese producer of MSG and amino acids via fermentation and is named in the same top-five Disodium Nucleotide cohort as Starlake, with overlapping product categories across food ingredients and animal nutrition.
• Lesaffre: Lesaffre is the world's largest yeast producer with yeast extract and fermentation-derived savory ingredients, directly paralleling Starlake's yeast culture, yeast, and yeast extract lines across food and animal nutrition.
• Shandong Xinhua Pharmaceutical: Shandong Xinhua Pharmaceutical is a major Chinese API producer including ribavirin and other pharmaceutical intermediates, directly overlapping Starlake's pharma raw materials segment (inosine, ribavirin, proline, adenine).
• Evonik Industries: Evonik is a global producer of fermentation-derived amino acids (especially methionine, lysine, threonine) for animal nutrition, directly mirroring Starlake's amino acid fermentation platform and B2B feed customers.
• Daesang Corporation: Daesang (formerly Miwon) is a major Korean nucleotide and seasoning producer, named in the same top-five Disodium Nucleotide cohort as Starlake, competing directly on nucleotides and savory flavor enhancers via fermentation.
• CJ CheilJedang (CJ Group): CJ CheilJedang is one of the world's largest producers of nucleotides (IMP/GMP), MSG, and amino acids via fermentation, making it the most direct peer named alongside Starlake in the global Disodium Nucleotide top five.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A1 record

Investments

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