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GELITA is one of the world's leading suppliers of collagen proteins. Coordinated from the headquarters in Eberbach, Germany, GELITA provides customers around the world with innovative products of the highest standard, comprehensive technical expertise and sophisticated solutions. More than 20 sites and a global expert network ensure that state-of-the-art know-how is always available for customers. More than 140 years of experience in the field of collagen proteins are the basis of GELITA’s performance. A strong requirement for innovation is the driving force of the family-owned company that is always looking for new solutions for food, pharmaceutical, health & nutrition as well as for technical applications. Within the range of collagen proteins, GELITA supplies collagen peptides with proven body-stimulating capabilities, tailor-made gelatines and non- or partly- water soluble collagens. This holistic range of products in combination with its vast experience in developing solutions for different applications makes GELITA first choice for its customers. In today’s landscape of highest consumer demands, manufacturers of food products have to rely on natural, healthy, non-allergenic ingredients for their developments. Collagen proteins from GELITA are the perfect match for this as they fulfill all of these requirements, a particular plus being the fact that they are foodstuffs in their own right (e.g. no E-number). They also possess a set of unique technical and physiological properties. Besides the traditional use of collagen proteins as natural stabilizers and emulsifiers for countless products, they enable manufacturers to provide their products with other properties which are becoming more and more important. GELITA has intensified its research in developing solutions for physical mobility, weight management and beauty from within. Imprint: www.gelita.com/de/imprint
Overview
Location
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Eberbach
Employees
1001-5000
Founded date
1875
Mentions in press and media 9
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| Dec 18, 2024 | Brewing Innovation: Yeastup's Leap into Sustainable Protein Production | In the heart of Switzerland, a quiet revolution is brewing. Yeastup, a company specializing in extracting high-quality ingredients from spent brewers’ yeast, has raised CHF 8.9 million in Series A funding. This infusion of capital will tran... |
| Dec 17, 2024 | CHF 8.9 million to scale yeast-based isolates high quality protein and fibers | Yeastup extracts highly functional ingredients from brewers’ spent yeast using its patented process. This innovation isolates protein, beta-glucan and mannoprotein in a single industrial process, resulting in a vegan yeast-based protein Ye... |
| Mar 14, 2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: HeavyFinance lands $55m, Bezos Fund commits $60m to alt protein | One of the biggest funding rounds this week went to Lithuanian agrifinance platform HeavyFinance, while Bezos Earth Fund announced a $60 million commitment to improve alt protein. Meanwhile, Impossible Foods unveiled a brand refresh this we... |
| Apr 30, 2020 | Collagen peptides are some of the fastest growing ingredients in the functional foods space, says Gelita | “There is so much interest right now,” said Angie Rimel, US marketing coordinator at Gelita, the world’s leading supplier of collagen, which has developed a series of branded collagen peptide products backed by human trials that target a... |
| Oct 18, 2019 | Bio-designed and ‘animal-free’ collagen on the horizon as Geltor and Gelita deepen ties | My bet is that one of the trendy agtech and foodtech hashtags of next year will be #biodesign. And that’s kind of a passé prediction; it is already trending in some circles, not least among attendees of the recent SynBioBeta conference in S... |
| Oct 17, 2019 | Geltor teams up with GELITA to commercialize animal-free ‘biodesigned’ collagen for supplements | Geltor – which raised $18.2m last year in a Series A round from investors including GELITA - is using synthetic biology techniques to engineer micro-organisms to produce collagen (which is currently extracted from animal skin, bones, an... |
| Jul 24, 2019 | Gelita Develops First Vegan Gelling Agent in Sheet Form | GELITA AG, global market leader in the production of gelatine and collagen peptides, has expanded its gelling agent portfolio by presenting a world-first: agar-agar sheets. Historically, plant-based agar-agar has only been available in powd... |
| Oct 25, 2018 | Geltor Raises $18.2m for Animal-Free “Designer Collagen” | Geltor, a Californian startup using computational biology and fermentation techniques to produce collagen products without using animal byproducts, has raised $18.2 million in Series A funding. The startup, which has focused on the cosmetic... |
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FAQ about GELITA
When was GELITA founded?
GELITA was founded in 1875.
What has the press written about GELITA?
Parsers VC has collected 9 articles mentioning GELITA, among them “Brewing Innovation: Yeastup's Leap into Sustainable Protein Production” (Dec 18, 2024) and “CHF 8.9 million to scale yeast-based isolates high quality protein and fibers” (Dec 17, 2024).
Is GELITA still active?
Yes, GELITA is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Mar 11, 2026.