Anchored in technology licensed from Cornell and management of the firm having strong ties to that institution, at the time of their receipt of SBIR award funding, having originally begun operation is Ithaca NY as Minutri had relocated to CA where the firm is addressing keeping microbiomes alive in complex mixtures through a patented microencapsulation platform originated from Cornell. Entry of the original url for the firm immediately shifts to www.lypid.co - company renamed as Lypid - defined as developing a vegan fat with a rich meaty mouthfeel that can replace animal fat to elevate alternative proteins - with the firm described as "Making alternative food without compromise. Our secret sauce: a sustainable, healthy and tastier fat alternative'. In short - Two Taiwanese-born doctors from Cornell University - seeing the trend of "plant-based meat "became the first to use the encapsulation technique to produce âalternative fatâ, enableing plant meat to taste like real meat They established Lypid - got selected into global accelerator IndieBio, and plan for mass production next y
