From New Zealand biology to high-value ingredients
NuFoods brings together controlled microalgae cultivation, managed lighting, downstream processing, product development and commercial expertise to create high-value nutrition ingredients from New Zealand. The objective is straightforward: produce ingredients that customers want to use and can confidently qualify for their products.
A biotechnology base in Canterbury
Canterbury gives NuFoods access to science, engineering, food-production expertise and export infrastructure.
For NuFoods, that creates a practical base to develop products, engineer production and connect with customers, researchers and industry partners.
How we are building NuFoods
Product-first development
Start with the ingredient and customer application, then build the production system around what the product needs.
Customer-informed development
Product priorities reflect the specifications, applications and supply requirements customers actually value.
Integrated technology platform
PBR cultivation, managed LED lighting, process control and downstream processing are developed as one connected system.
Commercial reality
Biology, product quality, operability, energy demand and economics all need to work together.
Built across strategy, science, operations, finance and commercial development
Paul Byrne
Chief Executive Officer
Leads company strategy, governance, partnerships and investor engagement, bringing life sciences and biotechnology leadership to NuFoods’ development and growth.
John Emson
Finance & Investment
Leads financial strategy, modelling, capital planning and investment readiness, supporting disciplined funding and development decisions.
John Morris
Operations & Delivery
Leads engineering, facility delivery, commissioning and operational execution, translating technical requirements into practical, scalable production capability.
Dr Naz Bashir
Technical & Strategy
Leads technical and portfolio strategy, aligning production capability, product development and market requirements to guide scale-up decisions.
Prof Mark Edwards
Science & Sustainability
Leads scientific oversight, cultivation strategy and sustainability integration, supporting biological performance, technical validation and evidence-led scale-up.
Matt Stewart
Commercial & Data
Leads customer development, market validation, commercial strategy and data-led decision support, building the relationships and evidence required for commercial growth.
Science, industry and market
Biotechnology is multidisciplinary. NuFoods works with scientific, engineering, regulatory, commercial and industry specialists across product development and production.
Why. Approach. Technology.
Why NuFoods
Why we are building another source of high-value microalgae ingredients from New Zealand.
Our Approach
What we are doing differently in the way biology, product and commercial development are connected.
Technology Platform
How PBR cultivation, managed LED lighting, process control and integrated downstream processing support that approach.
Interested in working with NuFoods?
We are interested in relevant conversations around microalgae ingredients, applications and supply requirements.
Talk to NuFoods