
Where food innovation
becomes reality.
Licensing innovation for the future of food.
What we make possible
Less sugar. More protein.
Two changes food makers want in everyday food. Our technologies deliver both, made in your plant or at a CDMO near you.
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Less sugar
Sweetness with about 60% fewer calories
Fooditive Sweetener® Keto-Fructose (5-keto-D-fructose, 5-KDF) has about 70% of the sweetness of sucrose, so food makers can cut sugar and calories in the same recipe.
1.5 kcal/g About 60% fewer calories than sugar (technical data sheet)
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More protein
Casein, made without cows
Casein is the protein behind cheese. We make it by precision fermentation, so food makers can add dairy protein to cheese, drinks and plant-based foods.
GRAS notices submitted to FDA in February 2026.
Non-animal casein
Who we are
We don’t make ingredients. We make a better way to produce them.
Fooditive is a Dutch biotech company with a simple goal to make better food accessible for everyone. Instead of competing with food producers, we partner with them.
We license our tested, sustainable technologies so you can produce high-quality, animal-free, and plant-based ingredients for a global market.


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Smarter sweetening, built to scale
About 70% of the sweetness of sugar, with about 60% fewer calories. License our sweetener technology for commercial-scale use.
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Dairy functionality. No animals.
Functional casein made without animals. License Fooditive Engine™ technology for dairy performance at scale.
Explore non-animal caseinOur technology platform
Fooditive Engine™
We continuously improve our strains, processes, and production methods to boost yield, reduce footprint, and speed time-to-market.
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Precision fermentation
Programming biology for a better future
We instruct microorganisms to work as efficient micro-factories. By feeding them simple, sustainable plant-based nutrients, our proprietary strains produce high-purity, complex ingredients like bio-identical dairy proteins. This powerful process unlocks a new generation of sustainable foods without compromising on taste, nutrition, or function.
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Enzymatic bioconversion
Nature’s catalysts, refined by science
We use the power of enzymes—nature’s own highly specific catalysts—to precisely transform and enhance ingredients. This clean-label technology allows us to improve texture, unlock nutritional value, and create novel functionalities from natural raw materials, all without the need for harsh chemicals or intensive processing.
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Upcycling and circular design
Designing waste out of the system
We see side streams as valuable raw materials. Inspired by nature’s zero-waste ecosystems, we identify valuable compounds in agricultural and food production side streams. Our innovative processes then upcycle these overlooked materials into premium, functional ingredients, closing the loop and building a truly circular food system.

Every Fooditive Engine™ technology is built for real-world scale through licensing.
Our values
What we stand for
Our mission
Better food for all, powered by partnerships.
Fooditive is driven by the conviction that everyone deserves access to nutritious, sustainable food. We achieve this by licensing our innovative food technologies and platform, making breakthrough solutions more affordable and widely available through our global partners.

Partnership model
A partnership built for your success.
We offer more than technology. Our end-to-end partnership model brings our innovations into your operations, from first trial to production.

Our guiding principles
Taste the change.
At Fooditive, our guiding principles are clear: we innovate with integrity, creating sustainable solutions for people and the planet with honesty and purpose.
We turn challenges into opportunities, shaping a responsible food future through collaboration and empowerment, licensing our innovations to like-minded partners to drive lasting change. Rooted in tradition and fuelled by science, our platform blends food wisdom with modern technology to deliver solutions that are sustainable, resilient, and future-focused.
Advisory board
Insights from our advisory board
Fooditive is revolutionizing the food industry by demonstrating that true innovation isn’t about novelty—it’s about impact. They are tackling some of the most critical challenges of our time: food waste, sustainability, and health. Their holistic approach marries cutting-edge technology with a mission-driven ethos, setting an entirely new standard for what meaningful innovation in this space should look like.
Lady Sohair Salam Saber · The Hague Institute for Global Justice
Being part of Fooditive’s Advisory Board means supporting real innovation—where sustainability, science, and purpose come together. Fooditive represents the kind of forward-thinking the world urgently needs: clean, accessible, and rooted in sustainable thinking. I’m proud to contribute to a company that’s not just imagining a better food system, but actively building it.
Rob Lussenburg · Advisory Board Chairman
I was inspired to join Fooditive’s Advisory Board because of the company’s approach to addressing critical issues in our food system—health, sustainability, and accessibility. Fooditive’s commitment to creating natural, plant-based ingredients that enhance both nutrition and taste resonates with my belief that innovation should serve the greater good.
The values of sustainability, transparency, and making better food options accessible to all align with my own ethos of using technology to make meaningful, positive impacts on society.
Craig Martin · Dynam Capital Limited Chairman
News
Latest news and updates
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Fooditive named a finalist in $3 million Grow-NY business competition
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Fooditive completes sweetener development milestone with public safety data
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The 5-KDF safety file: published for anyone to check
Read the article: The 5-KDF safety file: published for anyone to check
Ready to produce better ingredients?
Tell us your product, market and volumes, and we'll set up a first call.
info@fooditivegroup.com · Rotterdam, the Netherlands



