date:Mar 25, 2014
Speciality enzyme manufacturer, Biocatalysts Ltd, recently partnered with a food ingredient company that had developed a novel biocatalytic route for synthesis of a high value flavour compound. The biocatalyst was initially developed for the company by a Contract Research Organisation who did not have sufficient capacity or logistics to supply this enzyme on a routine basis.
The challenge was to improve the enzyme production process and scale-up production to meet the customers annual enzyme re