Candies, cakes, salad dressing, plant-based meats, butter; all these foods and so many more contain food coloring. Food coloring traditionally came from plants but today it comes from petrochemicals.

But now, the bioengineering company Phytolon has found a new way to make food colorings sustainably--and affordably!--using microbes!

Hear from Phytolon's founders about the science behind their breakthrough, how fabrics could be dyed with the same method, and how starting a company in Israel as Jewish and Arab co-founders is bringing communities and families together.

Want to ask your question live in one of our shows? Be sure to follow @SynBioBeta! #builtwithbiospaces

Keep in touch!

Fiona Mischel (Host)

• @SynBioBeta
• @FionaRMischel
• https://synbiobeta.com/

Phytolon:

• @phytolon
• https://www.phytolon.com/

Subscribe to the Built with Biology Digest for Spaces shows, news across the bioengineering world, upcoming events, and more!

Learn more about Race Against the Clock here!

Episode credits: Hosted by Fiona Mischel, produced by Nikita Michelsen, and recorded, edited, and engineered by Bryce Joseph-Nelson

Recorded: 8/18/21