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Bacardi executive takes up the reins at Scottish whisky to feed protein player Former Bacardi UK operations director Iain Lochhead has been appointed chief executive of Horizon Proteins, a biotech that transforms underused co-products from whisky distillation into nutrients for the aqua and animal feed industries. In a leadership shuffle at the Edinburgh-based biotech, Nik Willoughby, cofounder of the company, exits the role of chief executive to take on the position of chief technology officer. Horizon Proteins, a spin-out company from the Heriot-Watt University, that emerged in 2014, has patented technology that allows the recovery of protein from pot ale, the liquid remaining after the first distillation. The biotech’s main product has been tested in salmon and cleared for inclusion in commercial salmon feed. ....
by Helena Tavares Kennedy (Biofuels Digest) Some of you may be celebrating the holidays with a bit of whisky – or ‘whiskey’ in some countries – but who knew this distilled alcoholic beverage could be so handy for the bioeconomy! The Whisky Project led by the Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre, includes Horizon Proteins, MiAlgae, and BioPower Technologies working to maximize value from whisky coproducts like draff and pot ale. In today’s Digest, while you sip on some good stuff, check out other Top 8 Innovations of the week, like how insects could be key to solving the material sourcing challenges associated with Mars colonization, or how one company’s meat milestone achieved commercial scale of lab-grown chicken, and more. READ MORE ....
Some of you may be celebrating the holidays with a bit of whisky – or ‘whiskey’ in some countries - but who knew this distilled alcoholic beverage could be so handy for the bioeconomy! The Whisky Project led by the Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre, includes Horizon Proteins, MiAlgae, and BioPower Technologies working to maximize value… ....
The Whisky Project, led by the Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre, includes Horizon Proteins, MiAlgae, and BioPower Technologies working to maximize value from whisky coproducts like draff and pot ale. All three companies already leverage whisky byproducts: Horizon Proteins extracts proteins from whisky production for animal feed, MiAlgae uses byproducts to make omega-3s for fish feed, and BioPower Technologies makes flour from draff. Under the Whisky Project, BioPower is evaluating whether liquids created by its produces could be beneficial to Horizon Proteins and MiAlgae, as well as look for further uses of pot ale. IBioIC’s FlexBio laboratory at Heriot Watt University is also involved in the project, which has received £315,000 (USD$428 million) in funding. Zero Waste Scotland ponied up £130,000, with contributions from Scotch Whisky Research Institute and others. The project is a “tremendous value of how we can add significant benefit with a circular approa ....