Cosaic, Ingredion partner to redefine ingredient innovation

SWITZERLAND – Ingredion has partnered with Swiss biotech start-up Cosaic, aiming to enhance the taste and texture of animal-free foods and beverages using Cosaic’s yeast ingredient.

This collaboration bridges the agility of a young biotech innovator with the global reach and technical depth of an established ingredient powerhouse, a model increasingly defining how breakthrough food technologies reach the market.

Developed through fermentation, Cosaic’s ingredient enables food manufacturers to achieve dairy-like creaminess and stability across a wide range of applications – from functional beverages to sauces, and spirits – without the need for animal-derived ingredients.

The technology answers a growing global demand for ingredients that balance sustainability, sensory quality, and manufacturing efficiency.

“From improved texture, to taste, to performance, Cosaic leverages a deep knowledge of biotech innovation to develop a novel, multi-functional ingredient platform that will allow us to innovate foods with customers in ways never before imagined,” said Mike Leonard, Chief Innovation Officer at Ingredion. 

Cosaic’s flagship ingredient, Cosaic Neo, is a natural yeast-derived emulsion that includes fats, proteins and fibers that combine naturally to offer eight functional and sensory benefits in a single clean label animal-free ingredient.

Today’s food products typically blend fats, proteins, and carbohydrates from different sources and rely on additives to bring them together.

Cosaic Neo’s unique microstructure naturally integrates these molecules, allowing nutrients to combine in new ways, beyond simple one-to-one replacements and without the need for additives. 

“Partnering with Ingredion marks a pivotal moment for Cosaic. It validates the years of research we’ve poured into reimagining what ingredients can do, and how they can do better for people, businesses, and the planet. Together, we’re bringing our yeast-derived emulsion to the world stage, transforming how creamy, delicious, and sustainable foods are made,” said Tomas Turner, co-founder and CEO at Cosaic.

“This partnership bridges breakthrough biotech and industrial know-how. With Ingredion’s global reach and technical excellence, we can accelerate commercialization and make clean-label creaminess a scalable reality.”

Ingredion will help Cosaic implement its go-to-market strategy, starting with the USA, and co-develop new products to expand the startup’s portfolio, which already includes solutions for performance drinks, meal-replacement shakes, dressings, sauces, and spirits.

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