Angel Yeast has announced that its Baiyang Biotechnology Park located in the Yichang High-Tech Zone will complete construction and commence trial production in September 2025.
The Park, currently 80% complete, integrates a green industrial chain centering around “grain sources, carbon sources, and biological manufacturing & synthesis” to significantly boost the global supply capability of high-value yeast-derived products such as yeast protein, high-nucleic acid yeast extracts, specialty yeasts and fermented glucose, while providing the food industries with stable and premium raw material solution.
Fu Zhijiang, Equipment Supervisor of Angel Yeast Yichang High-Tech Zone Company, commented that the production materials procurement and the preparation of production plans are being carried out in parallel with equipment installation to prepare quickly for trial production in September. The team has adopted simultaneous construction and quality inspections for tasks such as installing the drying tower with a diameter of 6.6 meters and height of 28 meters, to ensure each process meets the standards while significantly reducing construction time.
Through systematic technological innovations like yeast strain selection, large-scale high-density fermentation, and protein separation and extraction, the project is set to transform traditional methods of obtaining protein from plants and animals by using brewing yeast as the medium of microbial protein synthesisation.
The industrialization of yeast protein aligns with global trends in sustainability and environmental protection, transforming the traditional food industry while meeting consumer demand for healthier diets. Once fully operational, the Park will drive advancements in global biomanufacturing.
Zhang Yan Chief Engineer of Angel Yeast said, “Novel protein sources have shown significant potential with advantages in environmental sustainability, resource conservation, and nutritional health. In the future, they are expected to emerge as a major new industry in biomanufacturing, and Angel Yeast is committed to providing solutions and support to meet the growing global demand for functional and sustainable bio-based products.”
