Upcycled Beer By-Products
For centuries, brewer's yeast has been a by-product of beer brewing, used as pig feed or discarded. With growing sustainability and resource challenges, it has become clear that this valuable resource deserves a better use.
With our innovative, patent-pending technology, we go one step further: we fully utilize brewer's yeast by separating proteins and fibers in a resource-saving process to produce high-quality functional ingredients for the food industry. In this way, we actively contribute to the circular economy and turn a by-product into a sustainable solution for the future.
State of the Art
and Beyond
Yeastup has developed a breakthrough, patent-pending process that fully utilizes yeast in a closed, resource-efficient system. Our technology combines mechanical and gentle cell disruption with phase separation methods and advanced membrane technology to separate proteins and fibers in a single process.
This precise approach removes unwanted fermentation by-products, such as bitter compounds, while producing soluble proteins - a unique property among yeast proteins - and high-quality fibers. At the same time, water is recovered and reintroduced into the process, closing the loop in line with circular economy principles.
