NoPalm Ingredients is building its first demonstration factory

NoPalm Ingredients, which has signed an agreement with NIZO food research B.V. to build its first demonstration factory at the Food Innovation Campus in Ede.Turning lab dreams into a palm-free future 🌍 Great news from our portfolio partner NoPalm Ingredients, which has signed an agreement with NIZO food research B.V. to build its first demonstration factory at the Food Innovation Campus in Ede.

The new facility will bring key production steps for yeast oil together under one roof, making the journey from pilot to commercial volumes faster and more cost-efficient. Starting with several hundred tons per year and scaling to more than 1,200 tons, it will supply food and personal care producers with reliable, sustainable yeast oils. This big step forward has been made possible in collaboration with the Municipality of Ede, the Province of Gelderland, and our partner Oost NL.

The impact is clear: palm oil is found in half of all supermarket products and drives large-scale deforestation. NoPalm’s yeast oils offer the same performance without cutting down a single tree—protecting rainforests and making global supply chains more sustainable.

Congratulations to Lars Langhout, Prof Dr Jeroen Hugenholtz, Jeroen Blansjaar and Julie Cortal-Oosterveer (who recently got promoted to CCO) on this milestone. 👏