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Leaft Foods partners with Lacto Japan to launch Leaf Rubisco Protein
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Thursday, 11 September, 2025, 15 : 00 PM [IST]
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Rolleston, New Zealand & Tokyo, Japan
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Leaft Foods announced a strategic partnership with Lacto Japan Co., Ltd. The collaboration will accelerate the commercialisation of its groundbreaking Rubisco Protein Isolate within Japan's sophisticated food manufacturing sector.
Rubisco Protein Isolate represents a paradigm shift in the protein industry. What makes it so unique is that it combines nutritional and functional properties that outperform animal incumbents like whey protein. It also delivers an amino acid profile superior to whey protein, setting a new gold standard for protein nutrition.
Beyond its exceptional nutritional profile, it offers outstanding food functionality, capable of replacing eggs, emulsifiers, and gelling agents while enabling food manufacturers to substitute artificial ingredients with a clean-label protein that humans have consumed throughout history. This performance is delivered through a commercialised production system that is backed by forward contracts and satisfies both quality and sustainability imperatives.
The company brings decades of experience connecting ingredient companies from New Zealand and Australia with major players in the Japanese food industry. The company's deep integration within the sector and proven track record with protein ingredients made them the ideal partner for its debut in Japan, renowned as a global hub for food innovation. Broadly, the partnership aligns with its global commercial strategy, which focuses on innovation-driven markets where demand for next-generation proteins is rapidly accelerating.
John Penno, co-founder of Leaft Foods, said, "It has been tremendously exciting to work with Lacto, a capable and innovative partner, as we've sought to enter the sophisticated Japanese market. Lacto's role as our trusted local collaborator has been invaluable in providing essential market and supply chain intelligence and relationship management that can enable successful market penetration."
Takeshi Shimizu, general manager Oceania at Lacto Japan, said, "It is not every day that you discover such an exciting new protein. What impressed us most was not only the protein system itself, but the fact that we have been able to work with it in a range of promising applications from the start. The quality, texture and flavour of the foods produced meet the exceptionally high standards that Japanese consumers expect."
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