Transforming circular economy by-products into planet friendly protein.
This is our recipe for a sustainable food system that enables healthy and tasty diets for all.
PEKILO® is a highly nutritious, fungi-based protein with neutral taste and color. As a versatile and sustainable source of nutrients, PEKILO® makes an ideal drop-in ingredient for aquafeed, pet food, and food production.
PEKILO® is an ideal drop-in ingredient for the food industry seeking a sustainable protein source with neutral taste and color. PEKILO® contains up to 55% of protein, a balanced amino acid profile, omega-6 and 35% of fiber. Its versatility, nutritional value and functionalities make it one of a kind.
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PEKILO®Aqua is an easy-to-use drop-in ingredient containing 65% crude protein as well as beta-glucan and nucleotides. Fit for formulation and faster growth, PEKILO®Aqua is paving the way for more sustainably farmed fish.
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PEKILO®Pet is a high-protein, animal-free drop-in ingredient. Sustainably produced, PEKILO®Pet is the natural choice for all pet food producers looking to offer planet friendly dietary options.
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Fungi have been a natural part of the human diet for millennia, but still offer much untapped potential. Today, we humans derive our protein from plants or animals. Fungi form a kingdom completely apart, being neither plants nor animals. They can offer us the best of both worlds and more!
Fungal mycoprotein matches the nutritional quality of animal protein. Fungi create completely new protein, distinguishing them from animals that simply convert plant-derived protein.
The production of mycoprotein is sustainable and ethical like that of plant proteins – and even better. Producing PEKILO® mycoprotein requires no new agricultural land, minimal water, leads to no nutrient runoff and thus has a very low environmental footprint.
compared to imported soy protein. Our product is sustainably produced from side streams using minimal water and land.
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Alternative protein solutions are nothing new to us. PEKILO® has been in industrial production already during 1975–1991. With a production process optimised for efficiency, applications are only limited by imagination.
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Business Finland has conditionally approved a recycling and reuse investment grant of more than €12 million for biotech startup Enifer to build its first commercial-scale PEKILO® mycoprotein ingredient factory.
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Valio and Enifer are joining forces to create a new, future-proof product for the plant-based protein field. Originally invented in the 1970s, PEKILO® has been further developed by Enifer and is now ready to scale.
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PEKILO® is a highly nutritious, fungi-based protein with neutral taste and color. As a versatile and sustainable source of nutrients, PEKILO® makes an ideal drop-in ingredient for aquafeed, pet food, and food production.
The PEKILO® process by Enifer is a fully scaled up solution with industrially demonstrated, world-beating performance. We are privately held by the founders and a small number of investors – and open for discussions.
We’re on a mission to make planet friendly protein accessible throughout the food chain. Interested in our story? Explore our media kit and drop us a line for interview requests.
