Rethinking sweetener production

In a circular economy, nothing is wasted, as by-products from one industry can be used to develop another valuable product. This reduces the need to extract raw materials, such as fossil fuels, as everything is being recycled or reused.

At ARCITEKBio we convert agricultural by‑products like straw into the natural sweetener xylitol. Xylitol is traditionally manufactured using chemical processes that require toxic catalysts, high temperatures and produce a lot of effluent waste. Production using our sustainable biotech process, however, can vastly reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the associated energy requirements while adding value to agricultural wastes or by‑products.