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Sweet deal: Pentasweet raises €65 million for brazzein production

Sweet deal: Pentasweet raises €65 million for brazzein production

April 27, 2026 |

In Lithuania, Pentasweet has raised €65 million (US$76.3 million) to build Europe’s first sweet protein production facility. The facility will produce brazzein, a protein that is 1,500 times sweeter than sugar, and is expected to begin production in the first half of next year.  Naturally found in a fruit that grows in Central and West Africa, […]

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