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Collaboration pairs MycoTechnology's Zukoraâ„¢ Honey Truffle Sweet Protein with Adorvia's proprietary Reb M stevia to support better-tasting, lower-sugar food and beverage formulations worldwide.
Adorvia Biotechnology today announced a strategic collaboration with MycoTechnology, a science-based company renowned for transforming fungal fermentation into breakthrough food ingredients, to empower food and beverage manufacturers worldwide in creating superior-tasting, reduced-sugar products. Through this partnership, Adorvia reinforces its leadership in natural sweetener solutions by integrating MycoTechnology’s latest innovation, Zukora™ Honey Truffle Sweet Protein, with Adorvia’s proprietary Reb M stevia—offering formulators a novel and highly effective tool for natural sugar reduction.
This synergistic combination delivers a clean, sugar-like sweetness profile: Zukora™ contributes smooth, balanced sweetness devoid of bitterness, metallic notes, or lingering aftertaste, while Adorvia’s Reb M stevia provides rapid sweetness onset and high intensity. Together, they enable product developers to construct sweetener systems that closely replicate sugar’s taste quality and sweetness curve, while significantly cutting calories and overcoming common formulation hurdles associated with high-intensity sweeteners.
Building on this product pairing, the companies have formalised a global commercial collaboration. Under this agreement, Adorvia’s advanced stevia technology, deep formulation capabilities, and extensive market reach are combined with MycoTechnology’s expertise in fungal fermentation and taste modulation—positioning Adorvia at the forefront of delivering practical, scalable solutions that help food and beverage companies achieve better-tasting, lower-sugar products without compromise.
Key elements of the collaboration include:
· Combining scientific and applications expertise to optimize sweetener blends for food and beverage manufacturers.
· Conducting joint go-to-market activities in North America under a signed collaboration agreement.
· Appointing Adorvia Biotechnology as MycoTechnology's exclusive distributor in China for ClearIQ™ Natural Flavor, a multifunctional flavor modifier created through mushroom mycelial fermentation to help improve the taste of better-for-you foods and beverages.
"With the launch of Zukora Honey Truffle Sweet Protein, MycoTechnology is expanding the toolkit for natural, non-artificial sugar reduction," said Jordi Ferre, Chief Executive Officer of MycoTechnology. "Adorvia is an ideal partner to help accelerate this vision. By combining Zukora's clean sweetness profile with Adorvia's high-quality Reb M, we can deliver more sugar-like solutions to customers while expanding our reach from the United States to China and other global markets."
"We are excited to collaborate with MycoTechnology and see global demand for their ingredients," said Jeff Pei, General Manager of Adorvia Biotechnology. "With ClearIQ, we can help food and beverage companies in China enhance desirable flavors, mitigate negative flavors such as bitterness and protein off-notes, and improve mouthfeel by reducing astringency. Pairing our specialized Reb M stevia with Zukora offers the industry a powerful new way to deliver the sweetness profile consumers want, without added calories or sugar."
At IFT FIRST in Chicago, MycoTechnology showcased prototypes, demonstrating the taste and sweetness performance of Adorvia Reb M stevia and Zukoraâ„¢ Honey Truffle Sweet Protein:
· 50% Reduced Sugar Lemon Lime Slushie — formulated to maintain high sweetness quality while delivering a fresher lemon-lime taste.
· Low Sugar Chocolate Cookie Dough Protein Bar — designed to enhance chocolate notes, mitigate protein off-notes, and round out the sweetness profile.
About Adorvia Biotechnology
Adorvia Biotechnology, a subsidiary of Abiochem, is a bio-intelligent manufacturing company focused on innovative stevia solutions. Adorvia provides integrated product applications and R&D support to food and beverage customers worldwide. Its Reb M stevia has FDA GRAS "no questions" status and FEMA GRAS status, etc. worldwide. For more information, visit adorviabiotech.com.
About MycoTechnology, Inc.
Since 2013, MycoTechnology has harnessed the power of fungi and fermentation to create breakthrough ingredients for better-tasting, more sustainable foods and beverages. The company's taste modulation and sweetening portfolio includes ClearIQ™ Natural Flavor, ClearHT™ Natural Flavor, and Zukora™ Honey Truffle Sweet Protein — a new sweetening ingredient derived from the honey truffle that delivers a clean sweetness profile with minimal off notes. Zukora™ is commercially available at scale in the United States for use in food and beverages and has Self-Affirmed Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) status. MycoTechnology has also submitted a GRAS dossier to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which has assigned GRN number 1330. MycoTechnology operates in a state-of-the-art manufacturing and R&D facility outside Denver, Colorado. For more information visit mycoiq.com.
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Adorvia Biotechnology
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