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Comet Bio Completes Equity Financing and Opens U.S. Headquarters in Chicagoland Area

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Comet Bio, a manufacturer of healthy and sustainable ingredients, has closed a round of financing with its current investors. The equity funding allows the company to commercialize its flagship products, Arabinoxylan Plant Fiber Extract and SweeterraTM syrups, both of which are made from crop leaves and stalks leftover after a farm’s harvest. Existing investors Sofinnova Partners and PM Equity Partner participated in the financing. “Our products are in high demand because they address consumers’ interest… 
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Upcycling: A Big Food problem with a startup solution?

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Food Dive By Thai Phi Le June 10, 2019 Link to story Food waste is worth $46.7 billion and is expected to grow 5% during the next decade, providing companies with a lucrative way to make money and cater to consumers who value sustainability. For centuries, dairy farmers from Wisconsin to California have referred to those squeaky chunks of cheese as curds, but in today’s buzzword world, that whey byproduct is upcycled food. “We’ve been… 
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Comet Bio Sweeterra Syrups wins Innovation Award from the Institute of Food Technologists

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Food in Canada By Christina Manocchio June 6, 2019 Link to story Comet Bio, a manufacturer of healthy, sustainable and natural ingredients, was won this year’s Institute of Food Technologists 2019 Innovation Award. The award recognizes the company’s Sweeterra syrups for being healthy and sustainable without compromising on performance or taste. Sweeterra syrups are functionally equivalent to corn syrup but with fewer calories, lower sugar, and higher dietary fibre, allowing food manufacturers to easily strengthen… 
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Three companies honored with the 2019 IFT Food Expo Innovation Award

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Dairy Food Magazine June 5, 2019 Link to story The winning entries offer solutions to today’s food trends of plant-based and upcycled ingredients. The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), Chicago, said it honored three companies with the 2019 IFT Food Expo Innovation Award at an awards ceremony on June 2 during the IFT19: Feed Your Future event in New Orleans. IFT President-Elect Designate Noel Anderson announced and presented Bavaria Corp., Chr. Hansen and Comet Bio… 
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Three ingredient innovators honored by the I.F.T.

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Three ingredient innovators honored by the I.F.T. Food Business News By Keith Nunes June 4, 2019 Link to story NEW ORLEANS — Bavaria Corp., Chr. Hansen and Comet Bio have all earned the Institute of Food Technologists Food Expo Innovation Awards. The awards were presented June 2 at the association’s annual awards ceremony during the opening of the I.F.T.’s annual meeting and food expo, held this year in New Orleans. “Now in its 13th year,… 
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Three ingredient innovators honored by the I.F.T.

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Baking Business.com By Keith Nunes June 4, 2019 Link to story NEW ORLEANS — Bavaria Corp., Chr. Hansen and Comet Bio have all earned the Institute of Food Technologists Food Expo Innovation Awards. The awards were presented June 2 at the association’s annual awards ceremony during the opening of the I.F.T.’s annual meeting and food expo, held this year in New Orleans. “Now in its 13th year, the Food Expo Innovation awards program is a… 
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Comet Bio Sweeterra™ Syrups Win Institute of Food Technologists 2019 Innovation Award

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Western Food Processor June 3, 2019 Link to story LONDON, ONTARIO – June 3, 2019 – Comet Bio, a manufacturer of healthy, sustainable and natural ingredients, today announced it has been named a winner of this year’s Institute of Food Technologists 2019 Innovation Award. The award recognizes the company’s Sweeterra™ syrups for being healthy and sustainable without compromising on performance or taste.  Sweeterra™ syrups are functionally equivalent to corn syrup but with less calories, lower… 
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Comet Bio Sweeterra™ Syrups Win Institute of Food Technologists 2019 Innovation Award

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Comet Bio, a manufacturer of healthy, sustainable and natural ingredients, today announced it has been named a winner of this year’s Institute of Food Technologists 2019 Innovation Award. The award recognizes the company’s Sweeterra™ syrups for being healthy and sustainable without compromising on performance or taste.  Sweeterra™ syrups are functionally equivalent to corn syrup but with less calories, lower sugar, and higher dietary fiber, allowing food manufacturers to easily strengthen the nutrition label and sustainability… 
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Sweeterra performs the same as conventional sweeteners

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Food & Drink Technology May 29, 2019 Link to story Comet Bio, a manufacturer of healthy, sustainable and natural ingredients, has demonstrated its Sweeterra line of sweeteners are a comparable substitute for commercial syrups. The assessments by Merlin Developments included sensory evaluation, nutritional comparisons and shelf stability tests in confectionery, baked goods, fruit preparations and beverages. In all products, the tests concluded Comet Bio’s ingredients performed functionally equivalent in taste and performance to standard commercial… 
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Comet Bio announces positive results from preclinical study of sweeteners

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Consumption of company’s sweeteners improved glucose tolerance in mice   LONDON, ONTARIO – May 7, 2019 – Comet Bio, a manufacturer of healthy and sustainable ingredients, today announced positive results from its preclinical trials on the effect of Comet Bio sweeteners on metabolic health in mice. The 56-day study, conducted by Barnard College of Columbia University, analyzed 40 healthy mice fed a standard chow diet supplemented with either water (control), a commercial high fructose corn… 
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