Kua mahi tahi te kamupene pūmua reka o Amerika, a Oobli, me te kamupene kai o te ao, a Ingredion, me te kohi moni $18 miriona mai i te Raupapa B1.
Ko tā Oobli rāua ko Ingredion he whai kia tere ake te urunga atu a te umanga ki ngā pūnaha reka hauora, reka hoki, ā, utu tika hoki. Mā te hononga mahi tahi, ka whakakotahi rāua i ngā otinga reka taiao pērā i te stevia me ngā kai pūmua reka a Oobli.
He huarahi hauora ake ngā pūmua reka hei whakakapi i te huka me ngā mea reka horihori, he mea e tika ana mō te whakamahi i roto i ngā momo kai me ngā inu tae atu ki ngā inu ngohengohe warowaihā, ngā kai tunutunu, ngā miraka kawa, ngā mea reka me te maha atu.
Ka taea hoki te whakamahi hei tāpiri i ētahi atu mea reka taiao ki te utu iti, hei āwhina i ngā kamupene kai ki te whakarei ake i te reka me te whakatutuki i ngā whāinga kai me te whakahaere i ngā utu.
Nō nā tata nei i mahi tahi ai ngā kamupene e rua ki te whakawhanake i ngā hua hei mārama ake i ngā whai wāhitanga mō ngā pūmua reka me te stevia. I tīmata te hononga mahi tahi i muri i ngā urupare pai i kohia i muri i ēnei whakamātautau. I te marama e tū mai nei, ka huraina e Ingredion me Oobli ētahi o ngā whanaketanga i puta i te huihuinga Future Food Tech i San Francisco, US, mai i te 13-14 o Poutū-te-rangi 2025.
I tautokona te putea Raupapa B1 a Oobli, $18 miriona, e ngā kaipupuri moni rautaki hou mō te kai me te ahuwhenua, tae atu ki a Ingredion Ventures, Lever VC me Sucden Ventures. Ka hono atu ngā kaipupuri moni hou ki ngā kaitautoko o nāianei, arā, a Khosla Ventures, Piva Capital me B37 Ventures me ētahi atu.
I mea atu a Ali Wing, te Tumu Whakahaere Matua o Oobli: "He tāpiritanga roa ngā pūmua reka ki te kete taputapu o ngā mea reka e pai ake ana mōu. Mā te mahi tahi me ngā tīma tino pai o Ingredion ki te hono i ngā mea reka taiao me ā mātou pūmua reka hou ka tukuna he otinga whakarerekē i roto i tēnei wāhanga nui, e tipu haere ana, ā, e tika ana hoki."
I mea atu a Nate Yates o Ingredion, te VP me te GM o te whakaiti huka me te whakapakari muka, me te Tumu Whakarae o te pakihi reka Pure Circle a te kamupene: "Kua roa mātou e tū ana i mua i te auahatanga i roto i ngā otinga whakaiti huka, ā, ko tā mātou mahi me ngā pūmua reka he upoko hou whakahihiri i taua haerenga".
I tāpiri atu ia: "Ahakoa kei te whakarei ake tātou i ngā pūnaha reka o nāianei mā te whakamahi i ngā pūmua reka, kei te whakamahi rānei i ā tātou kai reka kua whakapumautia hei whakatuwhera i ngā mea hou, ka kite tātou i ngā mahi tahi whakamiharo puta noa i ēnei tūāpapa".
E whai ana te hononga i ngā pānuitanga tata nei a Oobli kua tae mai ngā reta 'kāore he pātai' a te US FDA GRAS mō ngā pūmua reka e rua (monellin me brazzein), e whakaū ana i te haumaru o ngā pūmua reka hou mō te whakamahi i roto i ngā hua kai me te inu.
Wā tuku: Maehe-10-2025