ADM and EVERY Scale Up Animal-Free Egg White Protein in Iowa

The egg white is getting an upgrade that never touches a hen. ADM and The EVERY Company have announced a partnership to bring commercial-scale production of OvoPro, EVERY’s precision-fermented egg white protein, to ADM’s Clinton, Iowa facility; the companies call it the first US site with precision fermentation capacity at this scale.

TLDR

• ADM and The EVERY Company are partnering to produce EVERY’s OvoPro egg white protein at commercial scale.
• Manufacturing will run at ADM’s Clinton, Iowa facility, using ADM’s precision fermentation capabilities.
• The companies bill it as the first US site with precision fermentation capacity at this scale.
• OvoPro is a single, clean-label ingredient with binding, gelling, foaming and whipping function, no fat or cholesterol, and a PDCAAS of 1.0 (the top score for protein quality).
• The deal targets surging protein-fortification demand and more resilient, price-stable supply chains.

An Egg White Without the Egg

OvoPro is made through precision fermentation, a process in which microbes are brewed, much like beer, and engineered to produce a target protein; in this case the same functional proteins found in an egg white. The result, the companies say, is a highly concentrated, single-ingredient protein that delivers the structural work an egg white does in a recipe, without fat, cholesterol, or off notes, and with a PDCAAS of 1.0.

“The global surge in demand for protein fortification across almost all major food segments, especially in the US, requires incredible scale and reliability,” said EVERY founder and chief executive Arturo Elizondo. “Our partnership with ADM enables both. For food formulators seeking to expand and strengthen their supply chains, OvoPro provides a reliable, price-stable protein that delivers functional performance and protein content.”

Why Iowa, and Why ADM

Scaling a precision-fermented ingredient is less about the science than the steel: fermentation tanks, downstream processing, and a supply chain that can feed them. ADM’s Clinton, Iowa facility supplies that capacity, and the companies frame the expansion as an opening for regional farmers and a more resilient supply base for food producers.

“Traditional protein sources like eggs will always be a critically important part of diets around the world, but it is also clear that the only way to meet growing global demand for protein is to add innovative new ingredient options that can expand supply,” said Kris Lutt, ADM’s vice president for Innovation and Growth. “Through this agreement with EVERY, we are strengthening the global protein supply chain while demonstrating how ADM’s precision fermentation capabilities can complement existing production.”

What It Means for Formulators

The pitch to product developers is dual function in a single line item. A protein that also binds, gels, foams and whips lets a formulator raise protein content while doing structural work that would otherwise take a separate ingredient, and it arrives with the supply security and cost stability that a commodity egg market rarely offers. Clean-label protein sourcing is accelerating across categories; an ingredient that is both a functional workhorse and a protein source, produced domestically at scale, lands squarely in that demand.

Source: ADM and The EVERY Company.