Paleo Taste

Paleo is a Belgian food-tech company focused on precision fermentation for alternative proteins. It develops animal-identical proteins, especially myoglobin, using yeast rather than livestock, with the goal of helping meat and fish alternatives taste, smell, look, and perform more like conventional animal products. The company positions itself as a solution for food manufacturers that want more convincing plant-based or animal-free products without using animals. Its messaging emphasizes sustainability, animal welfare, and improved sensory quality, alongside nutritional functionality such as iron availability. Core Values Sustainability : Paleo frames its technology as a way to reduce land, water, feed, and energy use, while lowering greenhouse-gas emissions compared with animal farming. Animal welfare : The company emphasizes that its process does not require breeding, transporting, or slaughtering livestock, and presents this as central to its mission. Food innovation : Paleo highlights precision fermentation, yeast-based production, and bio-identical proteins as a way to rewrite how meat-like ingredients are made. Product authenticity : A recurring value theme is delivering the sensory experience of meat and fish more convincingly, including taste, smell, appearance, and nutritional attributes. Unique Aspects GMO-free final ingredient : Paleo says its process uses extracellular secretion so the resulting ingredient does not contain genetically modified material, and it presents itself as producing a GMO-free final product. Bio-identical animal proteins made without animals : The company states that its myoglobins are 100% bio-identical to animal proteins from species such as beef, chicken, pork, lamb, tuna, and even mammoth, while being produced through yeast fermentation. Series A backing from specialist investors : In 2023, Paleo closed a €12 million Series A round led by DSM-Firmenich Ventures and Planet A Ventures, with participation from Gimv, SFPIM, Beyond Impact, and Siddhi Capital. International footprint : Paleo has expanded beyond Belgium with an office in Singapore to support future operations in the wider APAC region. Cross-sector collaboration : In 2024, Paleo announced a partnership with Revo Foods on a €2.2 million project to develop vegan salmon using Paleo’s myoglobin and Revo Foods’ 3D structuring technology.