Our mission
What we believe in
We buy food because of its smell and appearance. When released at the right time, flavours are the reason why people chew chewing gum and love the beautiful taste of a fresh coffee. Flavours, colors and fats make biting into a vegetarian burger a juicy, beefy experience much alike biting into a real beef burger. Unfortunately, many of these ingredients are unstable leading to increased costs for manufacturers and negatively impacting the product quality. microPow encapsulates valuable ingredients enabling timed release and preservation, which allows to drastically reduce losses during production and adding value to end products. microPow powders can be tailored to a broad range of food, cosmetics and pharmaceutical applications, without relying on any added artificial ingredients. Get ready for true, long-lasting chewing gum, instant coffee products, that taste like freshly brewed cappuccino and the beefiest, cow-friendly burger.
Cost efficient
The cold microPow encapsulation technology protects actives in their native state and guarantees their full effect in end products. Less ingredient – same perception.
Natural
Clean encapsulation without using any additives: Fat and active ingredient. Stable encapsulation – all natural.
Added value
Releasing actives at the right time using their full potential. Full release – better products.
Solutions
Meat Analogues
Cost efficient
Natural
Added value
Vegetarian burgers, that taste and look like beef burgers are in everyone’s minds and mouths nowadays. Getting meat analogues closer to the taste and looks of a real beef burger remains challenging, especially mimicking the color change and the release of roasting flavours during grilling. Consumers are striving for vegetarian burgers, that can be cooked medium-raw with a juicy, tender inside and a crispy, grilled outside.
microPow powders allow vegetarian burgers and meat analogues products to taste, look and feel like real beef. Finally - a vegetarian burger, that is juicy and beefy on the inside and crispy and savory on the outside!
Timeline
Our milestones
Project Kickoff
18. March 2018
microPow project officially kicked off based on the PhD theses of Lea and Pascal at the Laboratory of Food Process Engineering (Prof. Windhab) at ETH Zürich funded by an ETH Pioneer Fellowship.
2018 Kickstart Accelerator
11. July 2018
As one of 8 startups in the Food Vertical, microPow was part of the 2018 Kickstart Accelerator.
2018 Kickstart Accelerator – new collaborations
24. October 2018
microPow started three collaboration projects with two major food companies: Mondelez and Coop.
microPow article in Alimenta / foodaktuell.ch
24. October 2018
microPow was featured on the front page of Alimenta / foodaktuell.ch
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SNF Bridge: Proof-of-concept granted
06. December 2018
microPow will be supported through an SNF Bridge project in 2019.
Venture Kick Stage II
09. January 2019
microPow passed Venture Kick Stage II.
New production and office facilities in Meilen
11. February 2019
microPow moved to the new, larger facility in Meilen (ZH)
Featured in Red Bulletin Innovator
18. March 2019
The microPow story has been featured in the March 2019 Red Bull Innovator.
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Venture Kick Stage III
30. September 2019
microPow got the final kick: Venture Kick stage III!
The team
Core
Pascal Guillet, PhD
Founder
CEO
Advisors
Prof. Erich J. Windhab
Technology & Industry
Michael Stucky
Business & Finance
Dr. Peter Braun
Food industry
Contact us
How to find us
Hello
Contact us, if you have questions or want to find out more about how we can improve your products using a customized microPow solution!
Our business office
microPow AG
Alte Landstrasse 144
8706 Meilen
pascal.guillet@micropow.ch
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