Kambani yeOobli, kambani yeOobli inogadzira mapuroteni anotapira muUS, yakabatana nekambani yepasi rose yeIngredion, pamwe nekuunganidza mari inosvika $18 miriyoni muSeries B1.
Pamwe chete, Oobli neIngredion vane chinangwa chekukurumidzisa kuwanikwa kwezvinotapira zvine hutano, zvinonaka uye zvinodhura. Kuburikidza nekubatana, vachaunza zvinotapira zvechisikigo zvakaita sestevia pamwe chete nezvinhu zveprotein inotapira zveOobli.
Mapuroteni anotapira anopa imwe nzira ine hutano pane kushandisa shuga nezvimwe zvinotapira zvekugadzira, zvakakodzera kushandiswa muzvikafu zvakasiyana-siyana uye zvinwiwa zvinosanganisira zvinwiwa zvine carbonated, zvinhu zvakabikwa, yogati, confectionery nezvimwewo.
Zvinogona zvakare kushandiswa kuwedzera zvimwe zvinotapira zvechisikigo zvine mutengo wakaderera, zvichibatsira makambani ezvekudya kuwedzera kutapira uku achizadzisa zvinangwa zvekudya uye kugadzirisa mari.
Makambani maviri aya munguva pfupi yapfuura akagadzira zvigadzirwa pamwe chete kuti anzwisise zviri nani mikana yemapuroteni anotapira nestevia. Kubatana uku kwakatangwa mushure memhinduro dzakanaka dzakaunganidzwa mushure mekuyedzwa uku. Mwedzi unouya, Ingredion naOobli vachaburitsa pachena zvimwe zvezvinoitika pachiitiko cheFuture Food Tech muSan Francisco, US, kubva 13-14 Kurume 2025.
Chirongwa cheOobli chekubhadhara mari cheSeries B1 chemadhora mamiriyoni gumi nemasere chakaratidza rutsigiro kubva kuvaridzi vatsva vezvekudya nezvekurima, kusanganisira Ingredion Ventures, Lever VC neSucden Ventures. Varidzi vatsva ava vanobatana nevatsigiri varipo, Khosla Ventures, Piva Capital neB37 Ventures nevamwewo.
Ali Wing, CEO weOobli, akati: “Mapuroteni anotapira atova chinhu chakareruka chakawedzerwa pakushandisa zvinotapira zviri nani kwauri. Kushanda nechikwata cheIngredion chemhando yepamusoro kubatanidza zvinotapira zvechisikigo nemapuroteni edu matsva anotapira kuchaunza mhinduro dzinochinja-chinja muchikamu ichi chakakosha, chiri kukura uye chakakodzera nguva.”
Nate Yates weIngredion, Mutevedzeri weMutungamiriri wezvekuderedza shuga nekusimbisa fibre, uye CEO wekambani yePure Circle sweetener, akati: “Tagara tiri pamberi pekugadzira zvinhu zvitsva mukugadzirisa shuga, uye basa redu nemapuroteni anotapira chitsauko chitsva chinonakidza murwendo irworwo”.
Akawedzera kuti: “Tingave tichivandudza masisitimu ezvinotapira aripo nemapuroteni anotapira kana kushandisa zvinotapira zvagara zviripo kuti tivhure mikana mitsva, tinoona kubatana kunoshamisa mumapuratifomu aya”.
Kubatana uku kunotevera zviziviso zvachangobva kuitwa naOobli zvekuti yakagamuchira tsamba dzeUS FDA GRAS dzekuti hapana mibvunzo nezvemapuroteni maviri anotapira (monellin nebrazzein), zvichisimbisa kuchengetedzeka kwemapuroteni matsva anotapira kuti ashandiswe muzvigadzirwa zvekudya nezvinwiwa.
Nguva yekutumira: Kurume-10-2025