Allikay FoodTech

Who We Are

Our group of entrepreneurs from Ecuador and Colombia specialized in biotechnology met at the Community Bio Summit at MIT Media Lab. We seek to revolutionize the food industry based on the sustainable use of industrial and domestic organic waste, with the support of the DIY movement.

Our Values

The womb of the earth provides, to the womb of the earth we return, the cycle is infinite

Open Science and Innovation

We work with biotechnology communities around the world that promote open access to scientific, experimental and technological knowledge, which contributes to the collaborative development of bio-innovation in the bio-food sector.

Sustainability

Our focus is on the sustainable use of natural resources through the management of by-products generated after anthropogenic handling. Protecting the environment and the circularity of their lifecycle.

Participation & Equity

We encourage the creative participation of all members of this initiative at any level; we also support the diversity and inclusion of our staff and our environment; we believe that for the functional and balanced growth of our future venture it is imperative that all voices are heard.

Features

Nutritious and Healthy

Sustainable

Accessible to all

Green Protector

Innovative

Inclusive and Diverse

Ecological Food Sense now called ALLIKAY FOODTECH is a venture in progress that focuses on R&D and production of new sustainable protein resources for animal and human feed, in order to promote food security and environmental safety thus contributing to the fulfillment of the SDGs by 2030. This initiative stems from the innovative proposals shared by our members and founders at the world's largest biotechnology summit, the Global Community Bio Summit at MIT Media Lab. We work with initiatives that promote open science in community labs generating new sources of sustainable protein from invertebrate domestication like insects and DIY cultured meat.

This last year, I have become independent as a researcher, and lead my own scientific studies creating an initiative, and now venture called Ecological Food Sense. My research has focused on the use of organic waste for the generation of new sustainable protein sources, and the development of lab-grown meat with DIY techniques. At the moment, together with my multidisciplinary team, we are working to acquire funding for the creation of laboratories with DIY equipment, which will promote the synthetic biology applied to cellular agriculture. These food products already do research and development in other parts of the world but our will have the differentiator of requiring lower technical assistance with low-cost equipment and machines, and using organic waste as raw material. Converting the food production system into a sustainable and circular industrial process. Most of the sub-products of this industry can be converted into value-added commodities such as biofertilizers and biofuels. We are also working on the design of unique industrial machines worldwide for the productive scaling up of these products.

Global human population increase and climate change, is generating an enhanced demand for food production, depleting conventional food sources, and promoting the search for new sources of raw materials such as household waste and by-products from industry and agriculture (FAO, 2008; Palma et al., 2019). The global human population is expanding rapidly and is expected to reach 9.8 billion by 2050 (FAO, 2008).
Furthermore, soil erosion, excessive use of water resources, generation of greenhouse gases (the pork sector generates up to 100 times more gases per kg of weight than entomophagy), and the rampant environmental pollution caused by traditional agriculture, and meat production processes, make the consumption of these protein sources unsustainable (van Huis & Oonincx, 2017).
Moreover, the use of bio-based technology such as cell culture and synthetic biology within the DIY movement can help us transform the meat production ecosystem by redefining the food bio-economy satisfying human needs.

Mision

Generate edible products with high nutritional value from biomass from new food sources that use organic waste as raw material, encouraging environmental care and circular economy. Generating sustainable and low-cost food safe for society.

Vision

Allikay FoodTech aims to be a pioneer in the generation of food of the future with DIY technology that takes care of the environment. Our motto is to give back to the earth what we use from it!

F.A.Q

¿What are we working on?

En base a criaderos artificiales adaptados a regiones andinas con temperaturas bajas, hemos desarrollado una incubadora DIY para la crianza de Tenebrio molitor y Zophobas morio, los mismos que son alimentados con distintas dietas compuestas por Restos de frutas y verduras (RFV) y productos secundarios de la agroindustri. Los estudios proximales y microbiológicos son vitales para determinar la seguridad del producto generado, por lo que estamos enfocados en la realización de los mismos.