Food and drink companies apply biotechnology, analytical science and research to improve food production, safety, quality and sustainability. The sector supports innovation across agriculture, ingredients, nutrition and manufacturing.
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Browse 43 UK food and drink life science companies below.
Hollow fibre bioreactor technology for cultivated food and cell culture
Cellular Agriculture is a UK biotech developing modular hollow fibre bioreactor systems to enable scalable cell culture for cultivated food production and broader biomanufacturing…
Photosynthesis-based microalgae cultivation for sustainable food ingredients
Arborea is a UK industrial biotechnology company developing a cultivation system for photosynthetic microorganisms including microalgae, diatoms and phytoplankton. The system uses…
Specialty enzyme manufacturer serving food, diagnostics and pharmaceutical industries
Amano Enzyme Europe is the UK subsidiary of Japanese specialty enzyme manufacturer Amano Enzyme Inc, serving as its EMEA hub. The company supplies microbial enzymes for food and…
Pluripotent stem cell lines for cultivated meat production
Roslin Technologies is a biotech company developing and commercialising animal pluripotent stem cell lines for the cultivated meat industry. Its iPSC and ESC lines, covering beef,…
Cell culture CDMO for cultivated meat and sustainable food biotech
Extracellular is a Bristol-based contract development and manufacturing organisation supporting companies developing cell-cultured food, cosmetic, and materials products. The…
Probiotic contract manufacturer and Lab4 platform developer
Cultech is a Welsh contract developer and manufacturer of probiotic and nutritional supplement products, operating one of the world's most advanced probiotic manufacturing…
Precision fermentation platform producing sweet proteins for sugar reduction
MadeSweetly is a food biotechnology company producing nature-identical sweet proteins through precision fermentation. Using non-model yeast engineered with plant-derived DNA…
Industrial fermentation and yeast technology solutions
AB Biotek is an industrial biotechnology company developing yeast strains and fermentation technologies for the global food, beverage, bioethanol and animal nutrition sectors. The…
Microalgae-based omega-3 producer using whisky co-products
MiAlgae is a company that grows omega-3-rich microalgae by upcycling nutrient-rich co-products from whisky distillation, offering a fish-free alternative to fishmeal for…
Analytical testing, development and training for pharma and food sectors
Reading Scientific Services (RSSL) is a contract research organisation based at the University of Reading, providing analytical testing, product development, consultancy and…
Spectroscopy-based food authentication and adulteration detection testing
Bia Analytical is a food authentication testing laboratory providing spectroscopy and data science-based methods to detect adulteration in food ingredients. The company uses FTIR…
Automated cell culture platform and stem cell lines for biomanufacturing
Unicorn Biotechnologies is a Sheffield-based company developing automated cell culture instruments and stem cell line products for research and biomanufacturing applications. Its…