Investor relations
Invest in the future of food.
Fooditive licenses food technology to manufacturers, who produce in their own plants or at a CDMO near them. We welcome conversations with investors who share our mission.
A food-biotech company with a licensing model
Fooditive B.V. was founded in Rotterdam in 2018. We develop ingredients by fermentation and license the technology to food and dairy manufacturers.
Our partners make the ingredients close to their markets. That keeps supply local and lets Fooditive grow with the plants of its partners.
Our storyWhy Fooditive
Our technologies and where they stand
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Keto-Fructose Sweetener
Licensing now
Fooditive Sweetener® Keto-Fructose (5-keto-D-fructose, 5-KDF). About 70% of the sweetness of sucrose at 1.5 kcal/g.
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Non-Animal Casein
Licensing now
Casein proteins made by precision fermentation, for cheese that melts and stretches.
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Bee-Free Honey
Project-based
Honey made by fermentation, from enzymes that recreate what bees do with nectar.
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Next-gen ingredients
Project-based
Emulsifier, preservative, fat replacer, thickener and low-salt, from food side streams.
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FAOX-C enzyme
Project-based
An enzyme that converts fructose into 5-KDF inside the food, to cut sugar.
U.S. status of 5-KDF: Self-affirmed GRAS (2024, independent expert panel). GRAS notice GRN 1326 submitted to FDA on 29 January 2026. Non-animal casein: GRAS notices submitted to FDA in February 2026.
Key dates since 2018
- 2018
Founded in Rotterdam
Food scientist Moayad Abushokhedim starts Fooditive.
- Mar 2023
Sparkalis invests
The FoodTech venture fund takes a minority stake; its managing director joins our advisory board.
- 2024
Self-affirmed GRAS for 5-KDF
Based on an independent expert panel assessment in the United States.
- 2025
From ingredient maker to technology licensor
We start to license the Fooditive Engine™.
- 29 Jan 2026
GRAS notice GRN 1326 submitted to FDA
For the 5-KDF sweetener.
- Feb 2026
Casein GRAS notices submitted to FDA
For non-animal casein.
- Aug 2026
Grow-NY 2026 finalist
One of 20 finalists, chosen from 330 applicants in 49 countries.
Leadership and governance
The people who lead Fooditive
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Moayad Abushokhedim
Founder & CEO
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Rob Lussenburg
Chairman
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Samar Abushokhedim
Chief Commercial Officer
An advisory board of 11 members, chaired by Rob Lussenburg, from 5 nationalities:
- Rob Lussenburg, Chairman of the Advisory Board
- Filip Arnaut, R&D Director, Puratos; Managing Director, Sparkalis
- Philippe Szymczak, Former Director, European Investment Bank (EIB)
- Gary Clarke, Former General Manager, Mars Incorporated; general management consultant
- Lady Sohair Salam Saber, President, The Hague Institute for Global Justice; CEO, Wasel & Wasel
- Craig Martin, Chairman, Dynam Capital Limited; former Co-CEO, CapAsia
- Axel Wikner, Senior Corporate Lawyer, Orrön Energy; former investment professional, Davidson Kempner
- Olov Jerker Olsson, Senior Legal Administrator, Court of Justice; formerly European Commission (Legal)
- Hampus Ellesson Ljunggren, Investor, Incos Invest; board member
- Toni Petersson, Led Oatly to a global IPO
- Deb Clarke, Fooditive Ambassador
- Company
- Fooditive B.V.
- Incorporated
- In the Netherlands, 2018
- Chamber of Commerce (KvK)
- 72967013
- Registered office
- Van Vollenhovenstraat 1C, 3016 BE Rotterdam
- United States
- Fooditive United, our U.S. company, is in formation, with headquarters planned in Rochester, New York.
Investor news
- Fooditive named a finalist in the $3 million Grow-NY competition 26 August 2026
- Sparkalis invests in Fooditive 8 March 2023
- Press kit and company fact sheet Logos, photos and facts
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Investor contact
Talk to our founder
Moayad Abushokhedim, Founder & CEO
Tell us about your fund or your interest in Fooditive. We reply within two working days.