Palm oil is a vital ingredient in many foods, beauty products, cleaning products and biofuels. But it has also been a massive cause of deforestation in South East Asia in recent years. Companies are ...

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California-based biotech company Checkerspot has announced the development of what it claims is the first ever high-oleic palm oil alternative produced entirely through microalgae fermentation. The ...

ALAMEDA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Checkerspot announced that it has successfully developed the world’s first high-oleic palm oil alternative produced entirely through the fermentation of microalgae, ...

California-based Checkerspot has developed what it claims is a world first: an algal oil closely matching the fatty acid profile and performance of high-oleic palm oil, without genetic engineering.

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Biotechnology company Checkerspot has reproduced an essential human milk fat by fermenting microalgae at scale for the development of infant formula that replicates the nutritional benefits of ...