Ingredion Incorporated is a global ingredient solutions provider with annual net sales of approximately $6 billion. Ingredion has the capacity and equipment for cellular fermentation, but does not have the personnel or mechanization for microbial engineering. In 2019, Ingredion invested in Clara Foods to develop and scale animal free animal proteins (i.e. eggs that are molecularly identical to eggs from chickens, but do not require raising chickens). The exact investment amount is undisclosed, but we estimate this partnership is valuable for Ingredion as it lends them an inside look into microbial engineering technology and the ability to offer Clara’s egg proteins derived from yeast to their current customer base.