King's Ground Biotech (KGbio) has used its core technology to transform perishable soy pulp into high-value, low-carbon functional raw materials for feed and health products.
Taiwan produces about 450,000 tons of soy pulp every year, which becomes rancid and smelly if left at room temperature for 3-5 days, causing environmental pollution problems. KGbio has made waste soy pulp that could not be used directly into new-generation plant-based protein alternative raw materials to increase nutrient use efficiency and reuse soy pulp in animal feed formulations. The company is focused on reaching peak production efficiency by utilizing optimized feed formulations to ensure the highest quality.
Solid-state fermentation and fungal strains as core technologies
KGbio leverages solid-state fermentation technology and rare and valuable fungal strains (medicinal fungi, functional edible fungi, etc.) to carry out high-value development of biomass materials such as agricultural and food by-products, and transform them into animal feed additives and raw materials for feed, pet health products, human health care products, and other R&D products. These high-value functional raw materials for feed made from soy pulp have improved animal digestion and absorption of active ingredients.
Optimizing processes to reduce energy consumption
Through the modularization of drying equipment and a waste heat recovery from steam system as an innovative in-house model for factories in the food industry, plant-based waste can be effectively managed to mitigate its environmental impact.
Benefits
- Upcycled 231 tons of soy pulp in 2023, and produced and sold a total of 72 tons of functional feed “Yidoutai”, continually increasing it production capacity.
- Yidoute® peptide’s carbon footprint is estimated to be 78.3% lower compared to competing fermented soybean powders, reducing from 8.024 kg CO2e/kg to 1.739 kg CO2e/kg.