Blue Canopy
Blue Canopy helps food companies and restaurants formulate tasty and nutritious alternative protein products by supplying them with fermentation based alternative protein ingredients. Blue Canopy aims to become the low-cost leader in the category by leveraging the advantages in its technology and scale. Founder/CEO Chenfeng Lu has been highly effective in aligning corporate R&D efforts with strategic plans to achieve a competitive edge in food and industrial biotech during his 15-year span of research career. He holds a Ph.D. in Food Microbiology from Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison.
LOCATION
Zhuhai, Guangdong Province
MARKET SEGMENT
Alternative Protein, Health Food, Precision Fermentation
WEBSITE
http://www.bluecanopy.cn ⧉
Chenfeng Lu • Founder
Chenfeng graduated from China's food science-focused Jiangnan University, and later has gained more than 15 years of experience in synthetic biology and commercial fermentation products. After obtaining a PhD in food microbiology from the University of Wisconsin, he engaged in the development of new degradable plastics at Yield10 Bioscience Inc., overcoming important technical difficulties and increasing the production of bioplastic PHA by 10 times. Later, from 2010 to 2019, he worked in research and development at Cargill where he was engaged in the development of synthetic biological strains, and products involving food, materials and fuels. The research and development results helped companies increase Cargill’s net profits by millions of dollars every year.
