Better Dairy Ltd

Better Dairy is a London-based biotechnology company that utilizes precision fermentation to produce bioactive milk proteins. The company engineers yeast strains to produce specific proteins, such as osteopontin—a component naturally found in breastmilk that supports immunity, gut health, and cognitive development. By using precision fermentation, the company aims to create a sustainable, scalable, and bioidentical supply of these proteins, which are otherwise difficult to source from traditional animal agriculture. Their process involves feeding sugars and water to yeast in large fermenters, followed by the isolation and purification of the target proteins, which are then dried into a powder for use in various nutritional applications.

The company’s primary focus is to address nutritional gaps in sectors such as infant formula, sports nutrition, and healthy aging products by offering ingredients that more closely mimic the human nutritional profile than those derived from cow's milk. By targeting high-value, low-concentration functional proteins like osteopontin, Better Dairy aims for a more efficient path to market and commercial viability compared to mass-market commodity dairy alternatives. The company, founded in 2020, is currently engaged in scaling its production processes and working through regulatory frameworks, including the GRAS (Generally Recognized as Safe) process, to bring its first products to the market.