The EVERY Company

The EVERY Company
Company typePrivate
Industry
Founded2015; 10 years ago (2015)
Founders
HeadquartersSouth San Francisco, California, US
Key people
Arturo Elizondo (CEO)[1]
Websiteevery.com

The EVERY Company (formerly Clara Foods Co.)[2] is an American biotechnology company that develops proteins and other products traditionally sourced from animals. It does this by using yeast to convert sugar into proteins that are similar to those found in animals and animal products.[1][3]

Founded in 2015 and headquartered in South San Francisco, California, The EVERY Company's mission is to accelerate the transition to animal-free and more sustainable proteins and reduce factory farming practices.[4][5] They provide companies that rely on animal-based products with animal-free alternatives that taste the same and serve the same function.[6]

History

The EVERY Company was founded by Arturo Elizondo and Dave Anchel, who met at a conference in 2014. Soon after, the pair began working on their idea to use microbial fermentation that could create eggs without the need for a chicken. They were part of the inaugural cohort of SOSV's biotech accelerator IndieBio.[7]

Grupo Bimbo, the world's largest bakery, invested in the company in 2019.[8][9] In 2020, The EVERY Company released its first product, a digestive supplement.[7]

In April 2021, the company announced a partnership with ZX Ventures, the innovation arm of the world's largest brewing company, AB InBev. The partnership will scale production of The EVERY Company's proprietary egg protein[10] at volumes similar to those of AB InBev's breweries using fermentation.[11] This was AB InBev's first partnership with a food company.[12]

Products

The EVERY Company developed the first animal-free egg white, which can be used instead of traditional eggs for use in baking, nutrition, and industrial use.[13][9] It foams, gels and binds, similar to a traditional egg white and can be used to make vegan alternatives to popular egg-based foods, such as meringue or scrambled eggs.[14][5]

The company has also launched the first animal-free bioidentical pepsin for industrial use in pharmaceuticals, enabling vegan alternatives to medications that use the ingredient.[6][15]

In 2022, The EVERY Company launched Every EggWhite, an animal-free egg replacement ingredient for bakery customers. The ingredient's performance is demonstrated in the applications of macarons.[16]

See also

References

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  2. ^ Wilder, Ashlen (9 October 2021). "Alt. Protein Round-Up: Kingdom Supercultures Raises $25M, The EVERY Company Launches Animal-Free Eggs". The Spoon. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  3. ^ Woollacott, Emma (23 March 2021). "Making honey without bees and milk without cows". BBC. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Arturo Helps Us Egg-scape From the Food Chain". Nasdaq. 30 June 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  5. ^ a b Southey, Flora (9 February 2021). "Cracking the 'world's first' animal-free egg white through fermentation". Food Navigator. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  6. ^ a b "Clara Foods unveils "first-ever" animal-free pepsin for commercial use". FoodIngredientsFirst. 4 March 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Podcast: Arturo Elizondo on Hatching A Startup That Makes Eggs Without the Chicken". The Spoon. 18 February 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  8. ^ "Clara Foods' chicken-free egg white ready to make leap from lab to shelf". Food Dive. 26 March 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  9. ^ a b "Grupo Bimbo affiliate takes part in Clara Foods investment round". Just Food. 29 April 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  10. ^ foodnavigator.com. "Cracking the 'world's first' animal-free egg white through fermentation". foodnavigator.com. Retrieved 2021-06-05.
  11. ^ "Brewing eggs: AB InBev venture arm to help Clara Foods scale up animal-free protein". Food Dive. 21 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  12. ^ Marston, Jennifer (22 April 2021). "Clara Foods Teams Up With AB InBev to Make Animal Protein at Scale". The Spoon. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  13. ^ "An Interview with Clara Foods Founder Arturo Elizondo". Trend Hunter. 29 March 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  14. ^ Carrington, Damian (30 April 2018). "The new food: meet the startups racing to reinvent the meal". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  15. ^ "Clara Foods Launches Vegan Pepsin, Could Aid Development of Animal-Free Pharmaceuticals". Vegconomist. 9 March 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  16. ^ Poinski, Megan (15 February 2023). "The Every Company whips up interest in animal-free egg ingredients". Food Dive. Retrieved 30 April 2023.