Nourish Ingredients has completed a 10-tonne industrial production run of its animal-free dairy fat, Creamilux, at SD Guthrie International’s facilities in the Netherlands, under a partnership that gives the Australian company European manufacturing capacity without building its own plant.
The agreement is with SD Guthrie International Speciality Ingredients B.V., a manufacturer of speciality lecithins. It pairs Nourish Ingredients’ Creamilux technology, intellectual property and products with SD Guthrie International’s manufacturing scale, lipid expertise and European infrastructure.
Nourish Ingredients said existing infrastructure at the site can support production of up to 20 tonnes a day, and that operating at industrial scale avoids the extended scale-up timelines, contamination risk and cost challenges often associated with precision fermentation.
Creamilux is a precision-fermented and enzymatically processed lipid designed to deliver the rich, creamy mouthfeel and functionality of conventional dairy fats.
Nourish Ingredients CEO and co-founder, James Petrie, said, “We chose SD Guthrie International for their deep expertise in lecithins, strong technical capabilities and established manufacturing infrastructure in Europe.
“They immediately understood the potential of Creamilux and were enthusiastic about bringing it to market. This partnership provides us with a low-risk, straightforward path to scale, with the first production run completed in just a matter of days.”
Following the initial 10-tonne run, the partners plan to scale production in line with customer demand, with an ambition of reaching hundreds of tonnes a year.
Nourish Ingredients CTO and founding director, Anna El Tahchy, said, “This 10-tonne run is an important step in validating the process and seeding the market. As customer demand builds, we expect to scale rapidly to 100-tonne-per-year volumes, followed by 500 tonnes and beyond over the next two to three years.”
The partnership extends the European build-out Nourish Ingredients began in September 2025, when it established a global commercial hub at BioPartner 5 in Leiden, with El Tahchy relocating to lead European operations.
Creamilux launched in January 2024 and was the focus of a product innovation collaboration with Fonterra announced in July 2024, covering dairy categories including cheese and butter, along with non-dairy categories such as bakery that traditionally use dairy lipids.
The company’s other fermented fat, Tastilux, developed for alternative proteins, completed its first commercial production run with Chinese partner Cabio Biotech in April 2025, and received FEMA GRAS status in August 2025, clearing it for direct sale to US food manufacturers.
Nourish Ingredients was founded in 2019 by former CSIRO scientists James Petrie and Ben Leita.
SD Guthrie International is the downstream business of Malaysian group SD Guthrie, rebranded from Sime Darby Plantation in 2024. Its Zwijndrecht site in the Netherlands houses a multi-oil refinery and a speciality lecithin factory.
No financial terms were disclosed.
