Norvisin develops fungi that produce high-yielding ammic acid

Noviesin has successfully developed an apple acid fungus
,
which can produce acid from renewable raw materials instead of oil. Apple acid is used as a flavor enhancer for the food industry and can also be converted into other chemical derivatives for the production of a variety of plastics, polymers and resins. Nordstable now gives technical licenses to partners interested in producing and commercializing the production of apple acid and its derivatives from renewable raw materials that replace oil. "This is our first bio-based material and an important milestone in the bio-chemical industry with our partners," said
Thomas Videb k
, executive vice president of
,
Novosti. This demand is growing because of the shortage of crude oil and the volatility of oil prices". Natural appleic acid is found in many vegetables and fruits. In the food and beverage industry,
are
to artificially add apple acid to enhance the acidity of products such as frozen, jam, fruit juice and soft drinks. Apple acid as a basic material in the chemical industry also has great potential. Appleic acid and amber acid and antibutoledic acid belong to the
C4
c4 group.
C4
can be converted into
1.4
-
butyl glycol
(BDO)
, in the chemical industry,
BDO
, like a veritable Swiss Army knife, can be further converted into many chemicals
,
including plastics, polymers and resins used to produce everything from golf balls and skateboard wheels to printing inks and detergents. The global demand for apple acid is approximately
60,000
tons per year, worth $
13
3 million, and is growing at a rate of
4
% per year. Demand for butanol
(BDO)
and derivatives is approximately
1.
4 million tons per year, valued at $
28
billion, and growing at an annual rate of
3
%. Noviesen began postgraduate

2006 and has since launched a number of challenging high-tech projects to produce sustainable and cost-competitive bio-chemicals. In the production of biochemites, as in the production of biofuels, starch from renewable raw materials such as corn or discarded fibrous substances in agriculture is converted into sugar.
, these sugars are then converted into chemically based materials using a single enzyme or microorganism designed for this purpose. In the bio-chemical value chain, Novithin first developed enzymes or microorganisms capable of producing bio-chemical products, and later collaborated with chemical or agricultural processing enterprises. So far, Novosti has announced partnerships with cargy (acrylic),
Braskem
(polypropylene), Dacheng (ethylene glycol) and Plum (amino acids). In the chemical industry, the contribution of biotechnology is still modest, but it is developing rapidly. Analysts and researchers estimate that by

, biochemical products will account for up to 17
of global
.