AFYREN SAS announced that it has signed a North American distribution agreement with Excellentia, a leading player in the supply of natural ingredients to the flavors and fragrances market. Excellentia will distribute the full range of FLAVYREN natural acids2 produced by AFYREN NEOXY, AFYREN's first factory. The organic acids AFYREN NEOXY produces using agricultural co-products as feedstock are identical (drop-in molecules) to ingredients produced using petroleum derivatives, so they can be directly substituted without changing customers' production methods.
AFYREN's patented process is biomimetic, reproducing on an industrial scale a fermentation process that has been occurring in nature for millions of years. The process is using natural microorganisms and is fully circular. It was developed using a zero industrial waste approach: water is fully recycled, and the co-product that is left over from the process is used as a potassium-rich organic fertilizer, completing the circular process.