Custom Fermentation Development

For brands whose ingredient doesn't exist yet.

Some formulations can't be built from a stock catalog. When you need a mushroom ingredient with a unique bioactive profile, a novel substrate, or a fermentation process no one is running at commercial scale — we develop it with you.

Exclusive R&D Partner Solid Fermentation Innovation
Fermentation sample from Solid Fermentation Innovation pilot lab
What We Develop

Four capability areas, one partnership.

Strain screening flasks labeled with strain codes at Solid Fermentation Innovation lab

Strain discovery & screening.

Isolation, targeted performance screens, inoculum optimization, viability and contamination panels. Fast, data-driven strain selection built to your product and production targets.

Solid-state fermentation substrate block with mycelium growth

Feedstock & side-stream valorization.

Substrate composition mapping, moisture and particle-size optimization, pasteurization strategy. Reproducible, low-cost substrates that reduce batch variability and improve yield.

Pilot fermentation flasks with process samples

Process & pilot validation.

Pilot runs from 10 to 350 kg on production-relevant SSF systems. Aeration and temperature control, sampling and analytics plans, full validation packet for scale-up.

Harvested mycelium biomass ready for downstream processing

Downstream & formulation.

Extraction and concentration workflows, drying and milling, formulation compatibility testing, accelerated shelf-life screens. DSP flows built for your product application.

How It Works

Three phases. KPI-driven. No black boxes.

01. Technical assessment — 1 to 3 weeks

Bring us the challenge. Focused review of your process, feedstock, and target ingredient. You leave with a prioritized experiment plan, KPIs, timeline, and go/no-go criteria.

02. Discovery — 2 to 6 weeks

Targeted strain and feedstock screening, feasibility runs, inoculum optimization. Proves the technical approach and confirms whether to move to pilot.

03. Pilot validation — 4 to 12 weeks

Pilot batches from 10 to 350 kg on production-relevant systems. Full validation package, sampling plans, and handover to your production team or CMO.

Every project is scoped after the assessment. No fixed pricing — no two ingredients develop the same way.

Who This Is For

Built for serious formulation work.

  • Supplement brands developing proprietary formulations
  • CPG and beverage innovators building novel functional ingredients
  • Contract manufacturers expanding private-label capability
  • Biotech and pharma-adjacent teams working with fermented actives
Not For

Off-the-shelf orders or under-resourced pilot projects. Every engagement starts with a technical assessment call — if we can't help, we tell you straight.

Case Studies

Projects with measurable outcomes.

Representative project types — detailed case studies coming soon.

Novel spore extraction method

Higher-yield spore extraction for a biostimulant producer — reduced cost and process time.

Streamlined inoculation, alt protein

Optimized inoculation for scale-up of an alternative protein production process.

Side-stream to revenue ingredient

Turned agricultural side-streams into a saleable functional ingredient with reproducible quality.

Ready to develop something new?

Book a technical assessment. One call, no cost, no obligation. If we can help, we scope the project. If we can't, we tell you straight.

About Our Partner
Solid Fermentation Innovation

Solid Fermentation Innovation is a specialized SSF R&D house that takes fermented ingredient concepts from strain and feedstock design through pilot validation and tech transfer. Mushroom Plenty is their exclusive functional mushroom partner.

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