The forefront on food innovation
It’s no surprise that Canterbury was chosen as its prime location on the mainland of Great Britain with the district at the forefront of a growing cluster of excellence in food innovation, supported by world-leading research by The BioTechnology Hub at the University of Kent located in the city.
Extracting proteins from seaweed
The team in Kent are part of a new venture for the company exploring ways to extract proteins from types of seaweed. Born Maverick Alt Pro Ltd is working in collaboration with the Natural Resource Institute at the University of Greenwich and the National Centre for Food Manufacturing, based at nearby Kent Science Park.
GKM Food Accelerator Programme
Born Maverick was one of 17 businesses to take part in the first round of the Growing Kent and Medway (GKM) Food Accelerator programme. This supports entrepreneurs with the next big food or drink idea, with experts – including Locate in Kent – providing free, technical, business and financial support to take their concepts to market. In 2023, the company was one of 11 food and drink businesses to receive a share of £154,000, given out by GKM for projects seeking to tackle some of the big sustainability challenges facing the horticultural food and drink sector.
