Alpine Bio

Meet Lactoferrin. It's found in colostrum, the very first thing a newborn drinks. Day one. Hour one. Before solid food. Before almost anything else the body learns to do, lactoferrin is already working: modulating iron concentrations so pathogens cannot use it to grow, strengthening the gut barrier, and tempering inflammation. It's been doing this for as long as mammals have existed. It has also been extraordinarily difficult to produce at scale. Lactoferrin makes up about 0.3% of milk protein by weight. Isolating that sliver of pink gold takes massive throughput and commands a price to match. For decades it's been a luxury ingredient: locked into premium applications, never reaching the breadth of uses the science actually supports. We grow lactoferrin in plants. Two purpose-built forms: Iron-loaded at over 60% saturation for bioavailability and high iron. Activated at under 10% saturation for antimicrobial and gut health. Produced through molecular farming in soybeans. Decoupled from dairy entirely. That changes the math. And the market. Reach out to learn more: hello@alpbio.com #lactoferrin #ingredients #molecularfarming

The whey supply crisis is deepening. We wrote up a breakdown of how we got here, what's actually driving it, and why we built FSPI as a 1:1 whey replacement that doesn't touch the dairy supply chain. If your formulation team is rethinking protein sourcing, we’re here to help. Feel free to reach out and we’ll be happy to answer any questions or send you a sample: hello@alpbio.com #foodscience #protein #supplychain #whey

We’re excited to announce that Matt Crisp has joined the Alpine Bio Board of Directors. Matt brings nearly two decades of experience building, scaling, and investing in bio-based businesses from inception through commercialization. As co-founder and former CEO of Benson Hill, he led the company from concept to NYSE listing, raising over $500M in equity capital and scaling the business to over $400M in annual revenue at its peak. He currently serves as Chairman and CEO of Ichor Agriculture, and as co-founder and Executive Chairman of Quercus Biosolutions, where he is helping build a generative AI-driven platform for next-generation crop protection. Matt is one of the few leaders who has operated across the full lifecycle of bio-based ingredient companies, from early innovation to scaled commercial deployment. His experience aligns directly with Alpine Bio’s next phase of growth. Welcome to the board, Matt. We’re thrilled to have you.

The whey supply crisis has officially hit the grocery shelf. Over the past few weeks we've been hearing it from every corner of the protein industry: sports nutrition brands, functional food companies, RTD manufacturers. All of them either raising consumer prices or scrambling to avoid the price raise. Everyone we’ve talked to is citing whey protein costs as the reason. This is what happens when an entire industry depends on an ingredient with this much structural volatility. We created FSPI (Fractionated Soy Protein Isolate) to exist outside of this structure. A 1:1 whey replacement that works across every application that depends on whey. Because it's built on agricultural commodity inputs instead of dairy co-products, its pricing didn't move while whey protein tripled. It also blends seamlessly with WPI. An opportunity to cut costs and emissions without reformulating from scratch. If you're rethinking your protein supply chain, we'd love to talk: hello@alpbio.com #FoodScience #Protein #Ingredients #SupplyChain #Whey

Five years ago, whey protein isolate was still a gym bag product. It came in powders, shakes, and recovery drinks. Today, it’s ubiquitous. Coffee. Frozen meals. Yogurt. Cereal. Water. Ice cream. Chocolate bars. Kerry Group called protein a "design requirement" at CAGNY 2026, and 86% of Americans say they're actively trying to eat more protein. Every one of these categories is pulling from the same constrained whey isolate supply. Sports nutrition brands aren't just competing with each other anymore. They're competing with every CPG company in the world that has reformulated for a high-protein positioning. That's the part of the whey crisis nobody talks about. Demand didn't just grow. It multiplied exponentially across categories simultaneously. And supply was already at capacity before any of them showed up. This is one of the reasons we created Fractionated Soy Protein Isolate (FSPI): a plant protein with a PDCAAS of 1.0, complete solubility, and neutral taste that works across all of these applications. It has the same protein quality as whey. With zero dependency on a supply chain that every food category on earth is now fighting over. Get in touch to find out more: hello@alpbio.com #FoodScience #Protein #Ingredients #SupplyChain

The global whey protein isolate supply just hit a breaking point. Prices have more than tripled since 2023. Spot supply is gone and producers are sold out through 2026. This isn't a supply blip. The number of people, products, and categories that need high-quality protein has fundamentally outgrown the system that produces it. Most of the industry is responding by staying inside the same system that just broke: blending with cheaper dairy fractions, locking in contracts that are less than ideal, hoping new capacity arrives before margins collapse. None of which actually solves the problem. We started Alpine Bio to build a high-performance protein without the environmental cost of dairy. The result was FSPI (Fractionated Soy Protein Isolate): 90%+ purity, complete solubility, neutral taste, PDCAAS of 1.0. It works in every format that has depended on whey. We set out to build a better protein for the planet. Turns out we also built a hedge against the whey price shock. If you're thinking about what your protein supply chain needs to look like going forward, we'd welcome that conversation: hello@alpbio.com #FoodScience #Protein #Ingredients #SupplyChain

This is a big moment for molecular farming. The launch of the Animal Protein Crop Stewardship Program (APCS) gives our category something it's needed: a traceability and control framework that matches the ambition of the work. Alpine Bio is proud to be an inaugural member. More details: www.apcstewardship.org 

High-protein plant milks often use 12+ ingredients in their formulation. Our FSPI achieves 20g protein per 240ml with just 4. No chalkiness. No aftertaste. Just clean-tasting and delicious.

Our Fractionated Soy Protein Isolate delivers what formulators need. Every box checked. No compromises made. We are -unbelievably- excited to see what formulators come up with when the ingredient matches the vision.

Pink happens when iron meets protein. Bovine lactoferrin has 20% iron saturation. Alpine Bio Native lactoferrin has 70%. That's why we call it pink gold. More pink. More iron. More cost effective. Grown in plants.