Our dedicated team of 30+ colleagues is working every day towards a healthier, more sustainable food system. We are determined to play our part in feeding future generations, and securing food supply chains.
perseverant & Creative
OUR PURPOSE & culture
Founded in 2020, The Protein Brewery is a food ingredients innovator pioneering sustainable nutrition through biomass fermentation.​ Born from the biotech expertise of BioscienZ, we’ve taken fungal fermentation to the next level by growing novel ingredients that meet modern demands for taste, nutrition, scalability, and sustainability.​
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Our headquarters in Breda, the Netherlands, is home to our certified pilot plant, opened in June 2021. This facility was purpose-built to support the full development process of our flagship ingredient, Fermotein®. In January 2022, we broke ground on our first demonstration production plant. Since 2023, Fermotein® has been produced at scale, one of few biomass fermentation scale-ups with built-in commercial capacity. In 2025, we closed our Series B funding of €30 million and brought in management and board members seasoned in Health & Wellness.
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One team, one culture
Contributing to nutritious and sustainable food is a road to be traveled in good company. We are proud of our Dutch heritage, but at least as proud of our international team of multi-skilled colleagues.
In an alternate universe, our team consists of superheroes, trained in martial arts in a Himalayan monastery. But in the real world, they are so much more. We have a diverse team. Everyone with their own expertise. From fermentation experts, supply chain operators, R&D professionals, food application scientists, and business developers.
We truly believe in the strength that comes with this diversity. We want people to enjoy their work and feel at home here, now, and in the future that we are shaping together.
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OUR MANAGEMENT TEAM
Thijs Bosch
CEO
Anina Caessens
Plant Manager
Jan Hendrik van Gilst
CFO
Yvonne Dommels
Regulatory & Nutrition Director
Gilbert Verschelling
CTO
Brigitte Fokkema
Head of HR
OUR SUPERVISORY BOARD
Simon Herriott
IFF (ex-President,
Health & Biosciences)
Kim Odhner
Unovis Asset Management
(Managing Partner)
Jacqueline van Lemmen
Corbion (ex-COO)
Daan van Lange
BOM (Observer)
Thomas Grotkjaer
Novo Holdings
(Partner, Planetary Health)
Daan Meijer
Invest-NL (Observer)
OUR Scientific Advisory board
Prof. Dr. Remco Boom
Food Process Engineering WUR
Maha Tahiri
Ph.D. Human Nutrition Tufts University
our network
Our journey towards alternative food sources is an adventure. With the support of partners from the life-sciences field, knowledge platforms, industry, and science, we can accelerate our efforts. Pioneering is much more fun together. Do not hesitate to reach out, we would love to have a chat: info@theproteinbrewery.nl
OUR VALUES
SHARING
Sharing the same purpose
It is better to have a great team than a team of greats. We work together as a team towards the transition to alternative food sources across the globe and have fun doing so.
DARING
Daring to do what no one did before
Creating a space, and an environment where people have the liberty to innovate. Keeping complexity to a minimum and taking time to further simplify. It enables all of us to be agile and move forward.
CARING
Caring for each other and your work environment
At The Protein Brewery we are not only one team, but we are also extended family. We support each other professionally and personally. We rise by lifting others and enjoy each other’s growth and progress. We treat everyone with respect, regardless of status and opinions.
TRUSTING
Trusting each other’s capabilities
We are confident about our colleagues’ intentions and sense of responsibility. Transparency and communication are key in working together, a team is not just a group of people working together, it is a group of people who trust each other.