The fungus Beauveria bassiana is naturally occuring in the wild and acts as an effective control on many pests, from insects that attack commercial crops through to something as timely as bed bug infestations in major hotels. 

With a containerised turnkey solution for solid state fermentation, BioSouth is able to bring production onstream quickly and effectively, meeting strong international demand. Should the initial trial run prove successful, the company will look to expand production through multiple containers.

"BioSouth stands to be the largest solid-state fermenter in the world, and that is great news for New Zealand and the development of the bioeconomy onshore," said BioSouth's Chief Science Officer, Prof. Travis Glare.

The company's expansion to include solid-state fermentation capability is seen as a necessary progression to meet growing demand across its interntional customer base.

BioSouth is a New Zealand company working in the contract manufacture of microbial products, with a global customer base and a market presence in New Zealand, Australia, North America and Brazil. 

BioSouth was proud to sponsor the Riddet Institute’s food conference in Queenstown held this month, an event that featured speakers and delegates from around the world.

The 2023 Food Structures, Digestion and Health international conference was the seventh in as series co-hosted by the Riddet Institute in conjunction with Australia’s CSIRO.

FoodSouth’s South Island hub is focused on scale-up support for food and beverage companies.

The new partnership agreement will see BioSouth install and commission a 50-litre fermentation system in FoodSouth’s research facility at Lincoln University.

The Annual Biocontrol Industry Meeting (ABIM) is the largest event of its type in the world, bringing together over 1,800 participants from 58 countries around the world. Organised by the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture and IBMA (International Biocontrol Manufacturers Association) in Basel, Switzerland, this year it will be the largest yet with over 115 exhibitors.

BioSouth, Australasia’s precision fermentation and scale-up contract manufacturer, recently moved to new premises. Born out of Lincoln University in 2020, the company had outgrown its original home by mid-2023 and started looking for its own space where it could set about building a dedicated facility to meet growing demand for its services.