Tatton Consulting supported City of London-based protein sweetener company Magellan in its successful application to Innovate UK Smart Grants: August 2021, awarded £257,764 by Innovate UK for the project BRAZZX – Developing a scalable and predictable fermentation process for Brazzein, a new, non-caloric protein sweetener.
About the funded R&D project
Magellan’s brazzein programme rests on fermentation: the sweet protein has a taste profile far closer to sugar than conventional non-caloric sweeteners, and whether it reaches consumers depends on whether it can be produced at predictable cost and scale. This project develops a scalable, predictable fermentation process, and is the earliest of the company’s Innovate UK awards in this line of work.
Award details
- Grant to Magellan: £257,764
- Competition: Innovate UK Smart Grants: August 2021
- Competition year: 2021/22
- Project: BRAZZX – Developing a scalable and predictable fermentation process for Brazzein, a new, non-caloric protein sweetener
- Sector: Food technology / sweeteners
- Independent verification: Innovate UK funded projects transparency dataset (UKRI), published 10 August 2026
Tatton Consulting supported the competitive grant application. The award value, competition and project title are taken from Innovate UK’s published record of funded projects.
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