Oobli yakusanyije inkunga ya miliyoni 18 z'amadolari, afatanya na Ingredion mu kwihutisha poroteyine ziryoshye

Ikigo cy’ubucuruzi cya Oobli cyo muri Amerika gitangira gukora poroteyine isukari cyagiranye ubufatanye na sosiyete mpuzamahanga ikora ibikoresho bya Ingredion, ndetse banakusanya inkunga ya miliyoni 18 z’amadolari mu cyiciro cya B1.

Hamwe, Oobli na Ingredion bagamije kwihutisha uburyo bwo kugera ku nganda ku buryo bwiza, buryoshye kandi buhendutse bwo gukoresha isukari. Binyuze mu bufatanye, bazazana isukari karemano nka stevia hamwe n'ibikubiye muri poroteyine isukari ya Oobli.

Poroteyine ziryoshye zitanga uburyo bwiza bwo gukoresha isukari n'ibindi biryoshye by'ubukorano, bikwiranye no gukoreshwa mu biribwa n'ibinyobwa bitandukanye birimo ibinyobwa bidasembuye birimo karubone, ibiryo bitetse, yawurute, ibiryo biryoshye n'ibindi.

Zishobora kandi gukoreshwa mu kuzuzanya n'izindi byokurya biryoshye mu buryo buhendutse, bigafasha ibigo by'ibiribwa kongera uburyohe mu gihe byuzuza intego z'imirire no gucunga ikiguzi.

Izi sosiyete zombi ziherutse gukorana mu gutunganya ibicuruzwa kugira ngo zisobanukirwe neza amahirwe ya poroteyine ziryoshye na stevia. Ubu bufatanye bwatangijwe nyuma y'ibitekerezo byiza byakusanyijwe nyuma y'ibi bigeragezo. Mu kwezi gutaha, Ingredion na Oobli bazagaragaza bimwe mu byagezweho mu gikorwa cya Future Food Tech kizabera i San Francisco, muri Amerika, kuva ku ya 13 kugeza ku ya 14 Werurwe 2025.

Inkunga ya miliyoni 18 z'amadolari ya Oobli mu cyiciro cya B1 yagaragaje inkunga iturutse ku bashoramari bashya b'ingamba z'ibiribwa n'ubuhinzi, barimo Ingredion Ventures, Lever VC na Sucden Ventures. Aba bashoramari bashya bifatanyije n'ababashyigikiye, Khosla Ventures, Piva Capital na B37 Ventures n'abandi.

Ali Wing, Umuyobozi Mukuru wa Oobli, yagize ati: “Poroteyine ziryoshye ni inyongera imaze igihe mu bikoresho by’inyongera zigufasha kurushaho. Gukorana n’amatsinda meza ya Ingredion kugira ngo duhuze inyongera zisanzwe na poroteyine zacu nshya ziryoshye bizatanga ibisubizo bihindura imikorere muri iki cyiciro cy’ingenzi, gikura kandi kijyanye n’igihe.”

Nate Yates wa Ingredion, Visi Perezida akaba n'Umuyobozi Mukuru ushinzwe kugabanya isukari no kongera fibre, akaba n'Umuyobozi Mukuru w'ikigo gishinzwe isukari ya Pure Circle, yagize ati: “Tumaze igihe kinini turi ku isonga mu guhanga udushya mu kugabanya isukari, kandi akazi kacu gafite poroteyine ziryoshye ni igice gishya gishimishije muri urwo rugendo”.

Yongeyeho ati: “Twaba turi kunoza sisitemu zisanzweho zo gusukura dukoresheje poroteyine ziryoshye cyangwa dukoresha ibyuma byacu biryoshye bya kera kugira ngo twungure amahirwe mashya, tubona ubufatanye butangaje muri izi mbuga”.

Ubu bufatanye bukurikira itangazo riherutse gutangazwa na Oobli ko yakiriye amabaruwa ya FDA GRAS yo muri Amerika avuga ko nta kibazo kirimo ku birebana na poroteyine ebyiri ziryoshye (monellin na brazzein), yemeza umutekano wa poroteyine nshya ziryoshye zo gukoreshwa mu biribwa no mu binyobwa.