Bloom and Barry Callebaut partner to investigate biomass revolution
Barry Callebaut teams up with Bloom to investigate how side streams from chocolate manufacturing processes can support the fight against climate change.
After our engagement in MassChallenge Switzerland 2020, a global startup accelerator for innovators working to solve big challenges, Barry Callebaut decided to set out on a promising journey with Bloom Biorenewables Ltd.
Bloom, a small organization of scientists founded by the two chemists Dr. Remy Buser and Dr. Florent Héroguel from the EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), is dedicated to establishing biomass as a mainstream alternative to fossil materials in order to mitigate climate change. Their technology converts plant material—which is rich in carbon captured from the atmosphere while growing—into molecules that replace current fossil solutions and have a wide range of uses.