Infant formula innovation: Yali Bio leverages precision fermentation to introduce human breast milk fat from yeast

13 Feb 2024 — Researchers at the food tech start-up Yali Bio, supported by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), have utilized precision fermentation to create a fat compound identical to OPO (1,3-dioleoyl-2-palmitoyl-glycerol/1,3-dioleolyl-2-palmitate), which is naturally abundant in human breast milk.