Melt & Marble is Designing Fats and Lipids for Next Generation Food and Personal Care

Melt & Marble, the company rethinking how fats and lipids are created, to deliver better performance, consistency, and sustainability across food and personal care, led by Anastasia Krivoruchko, PhD, Florian David, PhD, Jens Nielsen, Professor, Thomas Cresswell, and Tue Hodal, has closed a €7.3 million Series A round led by Industrifonden, with strategic participation from Beiersdorf, Valio, Catalyze Capital, Chalmers Ventures, and the European Innovation Council (EIC) Fund.

Combined with a previous €2.5 million EIC Accelerator grant, Melt&Marble has secured €10 million over the past year to scale production, deepen manufacturing partnerships, and prepare for initial market launches in 2026. Fats play a crucial role in defining flavor, mouthfeel, and product performance, yet they are often overlooked. Swedish biotech company Melt&Marble uses precision fermentation to engineer animal-free lipid structures that replicate, and in some cases surpass, the functionality of conventional fats.

Melt&Marble was founded by Dr. Anastasia Krivoruchko, Dr. Florian David, and Professor Jens Nielsen to overcome the limitations of traditional fat sources. “Our vision has always been to deliver more sustainable, high-performance ingredients, and this round brings us significantly closer to that goal,” said Krivoruchko.

The company uses precision fermentation to design customizable, animal-free fats by engineering microorganisms to produce tailored lipid structures, a process it calls its “fat design platform.” Unlike Nourish Ingredients, Cubiq Foods, and C16 Biosciences, Melt&Marble spans both food and beauty markets, giving it a wider commercial reach.

Over the next 18 months, the company plans to optimize fermentation and downstream processing through dedicated manufacturing partners, enabling cost-efficient, high-volume production without significant capital investment.

The first commercial products are slated for release in 2026, beginning with personal care applications, followed by food ingredients shortly thereafter. Melt&Marble is also assessing opportunities in the U.S. market, where regulatory pathways for precision-fermentation ingredients are progressing and creating favorable conditions for faster commercialization.