Key Takeaways
- Clean Food Group has raised £4.5 million in a round led by Clean Growth Fund and New Agrarian, alongside a £700,000 Innovate UK grant.
- The funding will complete the scale-up of the company's one-million-litre fermentation facility in Knowsley, Liverpool, acquired in September 2025.
- The Knowsley site positions the company as the world's largest manufacturer of yeast-derived oils and fats.
- The company's fermentation platform produces sustainable alternatives to traditional agricultural and tropical oils for food, cosmetics, and pet nutrition markets.
- Existing backers SEED Innovations and Döhler Group continue to support the company's commercial scale-up.
Clean Food Group Closes Funding Round With Sustainability-Focused Investors
Clean Food Group, a UK biotech company producing sustainable oils and fats through fermentation, has secured £4.5 million in new funding led by Clean Growth Fund and New Agrarian. The company also received a £700,000 non-dilutive grant from Innovate UK. The investment was announced at in-cosmetics Global in Paris.
The capital will be used to complete the scale-up of the company's fermentation manufacturing facility in Knowsley, Liverpool, expand production capacity, and accelerate commercialization of its oils and fats products across food, cosmetics, and pet nutrition markets.
Clean Food Group Claims Title of World's Largest Yeast-Derived Oils Manufacturer
Following its acquisition of a one-million-litre fermentation facility in Knowsley in September 2025, Clean Food Group says it is now the world's largest manufacturer of yeast-derived oils and fats. The facility is central to the company's strategy of offering locally produced, sustainable alternatives to traditional agricultural and tropical oil supply chains.
