Sustainable Ingredients & Chemicals

We help our partners develop and optimize microbial production strains for sustainable ingredients across industries. Our expertise spans terpenoids, esters, aromatics, organic acids, pigments, bioactive alkaloids, and more. We excel at designing and integrating biosynthetic pathways from plants and fungi into microbes to meet your needs. Our custom solutions provide quick access to prototype strains, with scale-up support from 250mL to 3,000L and beyond through our manufacturing partners.

Discover how Lygos leveraged Ginkgo’s services to double the titer of their renewable malonic acid. By combining strain and enzyme engineering, Lygos has pioneered a cleaner, safer production method, transforming low-cost sugar into Ecoteria™ malonates. These sustainable specialty chemicals are designed to meet high performance standards while reducing environmental impact across industries.