Bac-in-a-Box is an ingestible product formulated as a fine powder, caplet or tablet

Bac-in-a-Box can be used in agriculture to promote growth and protect crops

Bac-in-a-Box can be used to protect probiotics in cosmeceuticals for skin care

Bac-in-a-Box can be used in organic, hydroponic and vertical farming, promoting sustainability

Bac-in-a-Box can be used for metabolic optimization in livestock farming

Bacteria Encapsulation

We take your bacteria or yeast and encapsulate them in tiny microcapsules to:
  • Provide them with a microenvironment to grow in
  • Protect them from low pH (such as in the stomach)
  • Allow their release in the lower gut
  • Allow them to be freeze dried and stored at ambient temperature
  • Provide a means to easily store and transport them

Bacteria Encapsulation Development

We offer a complete service from R&D, right up to production:

  • R&D scale encapsulation and optimisation
  • Production of encapsulated cells for animal experiments
  • Production of final product for humans and animals

Bac-in-a-Box Chemicals and R&D Encapsulation Kit

 

 

 

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What it does

The Bac-in-a-Box® technology, developed by Austrianova, is a means to protect, isolate, store and transport living bacteria and yeast.

Why its unique

The Bac-in-a-Box® technology is based on a biopolymer derived from cotton and is has unique acid resistance and release properties.

Why it works

The Bac-in-a-Box® technology builds a porous capsule round the bacteria or yeast, allowing free diffusion of nutrients in, and waste products out.

What it can be used for

In nutrition, it enables encapsulated probiotic bacteria to pass through the stomach acid unharmed and be released in the lower intestine.

In farming, the Bac-in-a-Box® technology provides a means to easily store and transport probiotic bacteria at ambient temperature and to protect them from destruction in the stomach acid, allowing them to be more effective at lower cost.

In fermentation, it allows yeast to be applied and then easily removed since the yeast remain encapsulated within the capsules which are large enough to be simply removed.

In cosmetics, the Bac-in-a-Box® technology provides a means to transfer “active centres” of probiotic bacteria to soap or body wash. Gel8 is approved and listed in the International Nomenclature of Cosmetic Ingredients.  

In bio-remediation it allows remediating bacteria to be encapsulated, applied in an environmental situation, and then easily retrieved again and removed.

The technology also forms the basis of a powerful research tool.

What its made of

The company’s proprietary cell packaging material, Gel8, used for the Bac-in-a-Box® technology, is derived from a naturally occurring material and is thus harmless to the environment, biologically inert and has been shown to be safe in humans

Applications 

Probiotics for Humans

Bac-in-a-Box® is used to encapsulate millions of probiotic bacteria per capsule which are then protected from the acid conditions in the stomach but get released in the intestine.

Probiotics for Livestock

Probiotic bacteria encapsulated in Bac-in-a-Box® can be freeze dried and then stored for long periods at ambient temepature without degradation, making it easy to transport the bacteria without a cold-chain.

Fecal Microbiome Transplantation

Our Bac-in-a-Boc capsules allow the delivery of members of the microbiome by the oral route, simplify treatments and making them more acceptable and routine. Our Bac-in-a-Box technology protects from acid degradation and loss of bacteria in the stomach, allowing stoichiometric delivery to the lower intestine.

Metabolizm Optimization

Our Bac-in-a-Box encapsulation technology allows millions of bacteria or yeast to be enclosed in tiny (0.5mm diameter) spheres made of our patented natural polymer, cellulose sulphate. The nature of the encapsulation technology means that the bacteria or yeast can grow within the capsules to completely fill them up

Aquaculture

Seafood is a growing part of the economy, but its economic value is diminished by a number of infectious diseases that reduce commercial species’ growth and survivorship or decrease seafood quality. These infections are particularly problematic in the stressful and crowded conditions of aquaculture. Infectious diseases of farmed oysters, shrimp, abalone, and various fishes, particularly Atlantic salmon, cost billions of dollars each year.

Bioremediation

As humankind’s demands on the natural environment continue to increase, so will the necessity for environmental protection and monitoring. Many types of bacteria and algae are being developed for such applications; for example, anaerobic bacteria that can digest crude oil to mop up oil spills, algae that can be grown in salt- or waste- water to clean up these waters and simultaneously produce oils that can be refined into biofuels like ethanol.

Cosmetics

Probiotic bacteria are being increasingly used in soaps, for example bacteria that are naturally found to balance the pH environment on the skin can be added. Bac-in-a-Box® technology will increase survival and functionality to such bacteria.

Agriculture

Encapsulation of bacteria or viruses used to control pests. These capsules can be dropped onto the fields from an airplane.

Yeast

Yeast can be easily encapsulated using the Bac-in-a-Box® technology. The encapsulated yeast can be freeze dried and stored for long periods at ambient temperatures.

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