Alcheme Bio Inc.

Alcheme Bio Inc. has raised $119K in total funding. The most recent round was Seed.

Alcheme Bio Inc. is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Nutralase® is a precision enzyme system from Alcheme Bio that removes off-flavors from plant proteins at the molecular source — clean label, drop-in, no reformulation.

Protein ingredients commonly suffer from bitterness, off-notes, and functionality limits that restrict formulation flexibility, consumer acceptance, and manufacturing options, and most existing fixes only mask these problems after formulation rather than solving them at the source.

Alcheme Bio develops precision enzyme systems, led by its flagship Nutralase, that improve the flavor and functionality of protein ingredients during processing and integrate into manufacturers' existing production workflows.

Nutralase is positioned as a clean-label, food-grade, drop-in enzyme system with a GRAS regulatory pathway that fixes off-notes during processing rather than masking them afterward, requiring no process redesign or label changes; the company has also been named a finalist in Ajinomoto's NGT3 competition and won "Most Innovative Solution" at AFTEA & AFTWC 2025.

Founded by Vanessa Small, Alcheme Bio has raised about $2.58M from investors including Big Idea Ventures and SPACE-F, Singapore's food-tech accelerator.