The economic growth story of our time
It’s time to ignite a global growth engine for a prosperous, climate-resilient future. Find out how biosolutions are driving positive change for both our wallets and our planet.
Find out moreThe era of
biosolutions
It’s time to overcome some of our greatest challenges with solutions rooted in biology. It’s time for the era of biosolutions.
Explore the eraA billion years of experience.
And counting.
Microbes and enzymes are tiny but mighty agents of change. For billions of years, they’ve enabled transformation in all living things through microbiology.
We harness that power in our biosolutions to transform consumer products and make industrial and agricultural processes more sustainable and efficient.
Biosolutions let you produce more with less, helping solve some of the world’s biggest challenges.
Biosolutions: for healthy people on a healthy planet
Nourishing a growing world
Biology has always been a fundamental part of creating food. Learn how today it can help create more balanced, secure and resilient food systems.
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The future of healthy living is biological
Our health is intimately connected to the microbiome — the tiny microbes living all around us, in us and on us. Discover how biosolutions drive the food and supplement choices that support a healthy gut.
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Solutions rooted in biology solve problems across industries
For more than a century we’ve been copying, engineering and improving the power of biology to solve problems across many industries and businesses. And there’s still so much untapped potential in biology.
Get to know the biological change-makers delivering sustainable benefits for our world.
Enzymes for better products and processes
Enzymes are proteins that are used in many applications. They make very specific changes to substances using a phenomenon known as enzymatic catalysis. They improve a wide range of consumer products and industrial processes.
Microbes for healthier crops and fresher food
Microbes are a very successful lifeform. They outweigh humans, all other animals and insects combined and only plants account for more biomass than microbes. Beneficial microbes in our bodies are essential for our survival. They support digestion and help prevent invasion by harmful microbes.
When applied to crops, bacteria make nutrients in the soil more accessible and available. That makes the crops more robust and faster-growing. Beneficial microbes can also inhibit the growth of pathogens and mold to keep food and drinks fresh and safe for longer.
Functional proteins for better food
Functional proteins are food ingredients that bring benefits to human food. These benefits include improved taste, texture and nutritional value.
Cultures for better food and drinks
Food cultures are safe, live microorganisms. Through fermentation, cultures produce acids, alcohols and other biological compounds. These give food and drink desirable properties such as taste, color and texture as well as health and nutritional benefits. Yogurt and cheese are great examples of food cultures at work — they wouldn’t exist without cultures. Cultures can even make food safer by protecting and conserving it.
Probiotics for better health
Probiotics are live microorganisms. Consuming enough of them may bring health benefits. They’ve been shown to support immune function, aid digestive health, support cognitive health and boost the metabolism.
Postbiotics and prebiotics for better health
Microorganisms can also provide benefits when they’re not live, in which case they’re called postbiotics. And when certain natural compounds like complex sugar structures act as stimulants for microorganisms, they’re called prebiotics. These can function as nutrition for gut microbiota and can even help suppress ‘bad’ bacteria.
Yeasts for better food, drinks and fuels
Yeasts are single-celled eukaryotes. They’re essential to bread, beer and wine production. We can also harness their ability to ferment sugars into ethanol to produce biofuels.
Microbes and enzymes are transforming our world
Find out how we use them in biosolutions to transform the way we all produce and consume.
The bioeconomy is on the rise
Powered by biosolutions
Countries are using biological resources like plants, microbes and enzymes to produce food, materials, chemicals and energy – that’s the bioeconomy. Today, the sector is worth over €300 billion and employs 1.8 million people worldwide. With the right policies, it could nearly triple by 2035 – creating five million jobs and boosting energy security, food systems and climate resilience.
To unlock this potential we need bold leadership: cohesive strategies, fast-track regulation, and strong public–private partnerships. The bioeconomy isn’t just a vision – it’s a practical path to growth and resilience.
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global growth engine
A new report documents the current value of the global biosolutions sector and projects a boom in its future: it could generate nearly $930 billion and support 5 million jobs worldwide. But realizing this potential depends on the right policies and investments. Find out how you can help drive the biosolutions boom.
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$930billion
By 2035, biosolutions are projected to generate nearly $930 billion in economic value globally.
5 millionjobs
This growth is expected to support 5 million jobs, both in the sector itself and across the value chain.
Healthierplanet
We can build a new economy that’s aligned with climate goals and drives lasting economic prosperity.
We need policy frameworks for a more sustainable future
The solutions of the future already exist. They allow us to produce, consume and live with respect for both climate and nature. However, to accelerate the transition towards these solutions, governments must enable framework conditions that support innovation, drive investments and scale-up as well as to ensure fast market access.
We call for concrete actions to help us all accelerate towards a climate-resilient future.
Businesses have an opportunity to shape a better, more prosperous future. We feel the pull and the opportunity to work together to secure regulation that is fit-for-future and not based on the past.
- Ester Baiget, CEO, Novonesis