Arboreal Bioinnovations
Verified CompanyIngredient technology for better nutrition — we begin with the ingredient
Two engineers from Lucknow spent eight years building the ingredients that go inside other people's products — sweeteners, yeast proteins, fibres. In July 2026 they raised ₹230 crore to scale it.
About Arboreal Bioinnovations
Almost nobody buys an ingredient. You buy a protein bar, a diet soda, a biscuit that claims to be high-fibre — and somewhere upstream, a company you have never heard of decided what actually goes into it. Arboreal is one of those companies, and it is Indian. Swati Pandey and Manish Chauhan founded Arboreal Bioinnovations in May 2018. Pandey studied at IIT (ISM) Dhanbad and Imperial College London; Chauhan at BITS Pilani and London Business School. They set up in the Biotech Park in Lucknow — not a city that appears in many startup stories — with offices since added in Bangalore and New Delhi. The company describes itself as an ingredient technology business serving food, beverage and nutraceutical brands. Its platform combines natural extraction, natural fermentation, enzymatic modification, encapsulation and formulation science, and the portfolio spans proteins from yeast and plants, a suite of sweeteners, cocoa, fibres and marine collagen. Its best-known consumer-facing line is Pyure, a range of zero- and low-calorie sweeteners built on monkfruit, stevia and erythritol. The pitch it makes to brands is a specific one. Most product development starts with a finished-product brief — make me a low-sugar drink that tastes like the full-sugar one. Arboreal argues the interesting work is a layer below that, at the ingredient itself: if the sweetener has a cleaner taste profile or the protein disperses better, the formulation problem downstream mostly disappears. The company frames this as solving taste, texture and nutrition challenges rather than reformulating around them. On 30 July 2026 it closed a Series A of about $24 million — roughly ₹230 crore — co-led by EAAA Alternatives and Omnivore, with participation from existing shareholder Rainmatter, Zerodha's fund. The money is earmarked for manufacturing capacity, research and development, and commercialising the next generation of its ingredient portfolio. What makes the company worth a directory entry is not the round size. It is the position: India is one of the largest food and beverage markets in the world and imports a great deal of its functional ingredients. A domestic company that can make sweeteners, yeast proteins and fibres at scale is solving an import-substitution problem and a formulation problem at the same time — quietly, from Lucknow, for eight years before anyone wrote about it. Sources: arborealbio.com (company positioning, ingredient platform, product lines, office addresses and contact details, accessed August 2026); Series A size, date, investors and founder backgrounds as reported by DealStreetAsia, Green Queen, Cultivated X and Indian startup press in July and August 2026. Images: Arboreal Bioinnovations, reproduced from the company's own website for identification.
Our Services
Sweetener Innovation — Pyure
The company's zero- and low-calorie sweetener range, built on monkfruit, stevia and erythritol. Sugar reduction is the single hardest formulation problem in packaged food, because the sugar is not only sweetness — it is bulk, texture and mouthfeel too.
Protein Innovation — Yeast and Plant Proteins
Proteins derived from yeast fermentation and from plants, developed for the dispersion, taste and nutritional performance that food and nutraceutical brands actually need rather than for a headline protein number.
Fibre Innovation
Functional fibres for products that need to deliver on gut health and satiety claims without the texture penalty that fibre normally brings to a finished product.
Cocoa and Marine Collagen
Additional ingredient streams covering cocoa and marine collagen, extending the portfolio into confectionery, beverages and the nutraceutical and beauty-from-within categories.
Contextual Product Development
Working with brands from the ingredient upward — starting at the molecule rather than the finished-product brief, and developing ingredients specifically for Indian consumers' taste preferences, price points and regulatory context.
Precision Manufacturing and Supply Chain
In-house manufacturing at the Biotech Park in Lucknow, combining natural extraction, fermentation, enzymatic modification and encapsulation — so a brand can scale from pilot batch to commercial volume with one partner.
Key Highlights
Our Portfolio
Pyure Sweeteners
Yeast & Plant Proteins
Functional Fibres
Cocoa & Marine Collagen
Our Clients
Certifications & Partnerships
Recent News & Announcements
Arboreal Bioinnovations closes a ₹230 crore (about $24 million) Series A co-led by EAAA Alternatives and Omnivore, with Rainmatter by Zerodha participating
Funds earmarked for expanding manufacturing capacity, scaling R&D and commercialising the next-generation ingredient portfolio
Company repositions publicly as an ingredient technology platform spanning sweeteners, yeast and plant proteins, fibres, cocoa and marine collagen
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