Chinova Bioworks, co-founded by Natasha Dhayagude and David Brown, is celebrating its fifth anniversary and rapidly expanding its manufacturing to increase capacity and meet demands for the proprietary, natural preservative, clean-label mushroom extract ingredient.

The move to a larger and newly built 20,000-square-foot Bioscience Manufacturing Incubator space and a new 6,000-square-foot building for expanded office and research and development lab, will allow Chinova Bioworks to stay ahead of the ever-increasing demand from companies that require the highest standards when it comes to clean-label ingredients.

Dhayagude and Brown launched Chinova Bioworks on April 21, 2016, with their Chiber product that provides a solution throughout the food supply chain. By collecting mushroom stems from farmers, which would otherwise be wasted, and upcycling them into a commercially viable product, they have been able to work with companies to provide them with a food protection solution that allows them to reduce food waste, save costs and extend shelf life for a fresher, cleaner product.

“Consumers are demanding transparency when it comes to the ingredients in their food and beverage products. They want natural, healthy, sustainable ingredients that have a purpose,” said Dhayagude. “Because of this increased awareness and scrutiny, ingredient producers and brands are under pressure to reformulate and keep up. Companies that we work with are very aware that they need a replacement for artificial ingredients to preserve product quality, freshness and shelf life. Chiber is the first natural preservative that companies can customize to their products, which for them, has been revolutionary.”

In five years, the company gained regulatory approvals for Chiber in North America and 70 other jurisdictions, launched three Chiber products in the market with additional products in the queue this year, raised significant revenue, worked with innovative plant-based brands and secured patents around its core technology.

For more information, visit www.chinovabioworks.com.