NovelYeast is a spin-off company from the research group of Prof. Johan Thevelein at VIB/KU Leuven (Belgium). It is an R&D company focused on a variety of applications with yeast. It aims to exploit its extensive knowledge and technical know-how with yeast research and the many industrial applications of yeast for the development and commercial implementation of superior industrial yeast strains and associated industrial processes. NovelYeast develops yeast strains and processes for the production of biofuels: ethanol and isobutanol with 1G (sugar cane, corn, wheat) and 2G (lignocellulosic biomass) feedstocks, bio-based chemicals (lactic acid, 2,3-butanediol), healthy sugar sweeteners (e.g. isomaltulose, allulose, xylitol) and protein sweeteners, alcoholic beverages, nutraceuticals, flavor compounds, probiotics, plastic recycling and other applications in which yeast or yeast cell-surface expressed enzymes can be applied beneficially.

Lab.: Bio-Incubator BIO4, Gaston Geenslaan 3

Reg. office: Banhagestraat 40

Oud-Heverlee (Blanden), Flanders 3052

Belgium