Ingredion, Shiru enter R&D collaboration for functional protein discovery

Shiru and Ingredion (INGR) announced a global R&D collaboration aimed at accelerating the discovery and commercialization of novel functional proteins for food, beverage, supplements and specialized nutrition. Ingredion and Shiru will engage in the joint pursuit of a targeted R&D program enabled by Shiru’s proprietary AI discovery platform – the industry’s broadest searchable database of functional protein ingredients, with more than 77 million natural protein sequences catalogued and analyzed. The collaboration will focus on the development of next-generation prebiotics derived from natural sources to promote healthier microbiomes, an area where AI-driven protein discovery is creating new possibilities that conventional R&D cannot easily access.