萨克拉门托,CA(该公司——2014年6月23日)甜叶菊第一集团。(OTCQB: STVF)(“甜叶菊第一”或“公司”),一个农业生物科技公司总部位于加利福尼亚中央谷产区和集中在工业规模生产甜菊-纯天然零卡路里的甜味剂,正在迅速改变着食品和饮料行业,高兴地披露其净化工业扩大数据Rebaudioside替代甜味剂产品源自一个酶增强的过程。
2013年Stevia First Corp成功取得了在低含量甜菊提取物直接转化为高纯度甜菊，提取使用一种酶增强的过程。 Stevia First Corp提起了关于这一技术新的知识产权。
通过合同制造商或战略合作伙伴，公司打算实现一个年度最低200吨转换高纯度的能力。低含量甜菊提取物一般销售为每公吨40000美元,高纯度Reb A为每公吨100000美元或更多。 公司为了获得每年1500吨供应低纯度甜菊提取物用作起始物料最近成立了一个联盟与Qualipride国际。 在甜叶菊行业Purecircle是一个领先的甜叶菊供应商,2013年2800吨高纯甜菊产品3亿美元的年销售额。
Stevia First Corp公司现在是继续扩大试点生产形成最初的商业化,2014年中期初始每天生产400公斤的目标高纯的Reb A。 公司估计某些变量处理成本初始生产数量每吨不到23000美元,与酶生产有关的额外费用，大批量生产的还可以减少成本获得更大的利润。目前正在抓紧设施的建设。
布兰登氧化锌碘仿糊博士甜叶菊第一的研发总监,评论,“我们完成的植物开始,将最丰富的斯替维醇糖苷,甜菊苷,宝贵的Rebaudioside A和超越。”
Stevia First Corp. Provides Scale-Up Data for Reb A Production From Enzyme Enhancement
SACRAMENTO, CA--(Marketwired - Jun 23, 2014) - Stevia First Corp. (OTCQB: STVF) ("Stevia First" or the "Company"), an agricultural biotechnology company based in California's Central Valley growing region and focused on the industrial scale production of stevia, the all-natural zero-calorie sweetener that is rapidly transforming the food and beverage industry, is pleased to disclose industrial scale-up data for its purified Rebaudioside A ("Reb A") alternative sweetener products derived from an enzyme enhancement process.
In 2013, Stevia First achieved success in converting low-grade stevia extract directly into highly purified stevia extract using an enzyme enhancement process. Stevia First has filed new intellectual property related to this process and has been working extensively towards commercialization and implementation at an industrial scale.
Upon successful implementation, the Company intends to implement an annual minimum of 200 metric tons capacity for high purity Reb A through contract manufacturers or strategic partners. The process could enable Stevia First to directly convert low-grade stevia extract, which is commonly marketed for $40,000 per metric ton, into highly purified Reb A, which is often marketed for $100,000 per metric ton or more. The Company recently formed an alliance with Qualipride International in order to gain access to 1,500 metric tons of annual supply of low-grade stevia extract for use as starting material. For perspective on this capacity in the context of the stevia industry, Purecircle is a leading stevia supplier that disclosed as of 2013 a 2,800 metric ton capacity for highly purified stevia extract that could support annual sales of $250 to $300 million.
Stevia First's scale-up efforts to date have involved increasing reaction volumes by 25,000 times over initial laboratory conditions during production of food-grade stevia samples. The Company is now continuing to scale-up this process for pilot production and initial commercialization, with development to continue in mid-2014 directed at an initial production target of 400 kilograms per day of highly purified Reb A stevia extract. The Company estimates certain variable processing costs for initial production quantities to be less than $23,000 per ton, with additional costs related to enzyme production. Larger production runs could provide substantial economies of scale and greater margins. Stevia First is now reliably producing active Stevia enzymes at its facilities to be used within its enzyme enhancement process.
Dr. Brandon Zipp, Stevia First's Director of Research and Development, comments that, "We're finishing what the plant started, converting the most abundant steviol glycoside, stevioside, into the valuable Rebaudioside A and beyond."
