Q1 2025 | NEWSLETTER

Onego Bio: Strengthening the Egg Supply, Scaling Up, and What’s Next

Empty shelves and record-breaking prices. It’s impossible to ignore what’s happening in the egg industry today. While avian influenza has brought challenges in the industry into the headlines, we’ve been working on a long-term solution for the past three years. 

For food manufacturers—who rely on a third of all eggs produced—this isn’t just a short-term challenge or one they can simply wait out. While egg alternatives exist, they often fall short in functionality, versatility, and scalability for industrial food production. 

That’s where Bioalbumen® comes in. It’s a real egg protein powder, made through fermentation, that delivers the same taste, nutrition, and performance as traditional eggs but with greater cost stability and supply reliability. We’re not here to replace eggs—we love a sunny-side-up egg just as much as you do. But for food manufacturers, having a consistent supply of egg protein is essential. That’s why Bioalbumen® works alongside traditional eggs to help stabilize supply, reduce volatility, and support long-term industry resilience. 

Over the last quarter, we completed two commercial scale runs of thousands of bakery products using Bioalbumen®, unlocking broad sampling opportunities for customers and deeper industry engagement at trade shows this year, while advancing market testing with key customers and strategic partners. This builds upon the progress we made at the end of last year: filing our GRAS notification with the FDA, expanding our U.S. presence with a new headquarters in San Diego and scaling-up to industrial manufacturing through our contract manufacturing partner.  

Below are updates on our progress and the upcoming trade shows and events where we will be exhibiting. Reach out if you’ll be at one or send us a note if you’d like to learn more —we’d love to discuss how we can grow our relationship. 

Warm regards, 

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Founders, Onego Bio              

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Recent Manufacturing Milestones

Successful demo runs in 62kL vessels with our co-manufacturing partner.

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Selected the location of our flagship manufacturing facility in Jefferson, WI in the Food and Beverage Innovation Campus. The site was chosen for its infrastructure, and proximity to key customers in the Midwest.

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Recent Commercial Milestones

Completed two commercial bakery runs of products using Bioalbumen®, including thousands of cookies, muffins, and cakes, enabling ongoing sampling opportunities for customers.

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Met with 8 top MNCs in the Midwest and Mexico in February and delivered 20+ Bioalbumen® samples to companies to support product development.

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Began exhibiting and sampling at key industry trade shows and conferences this year, including BakingTech, Expo West, Future Food-Tech (San Francisco & Chicago), R&DA, NRA, IFT, and more to continue to build out the sales pipeline.

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Filed our GRAS notification with the FDA and anticipate receiving a No Objections Letter later this year.

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Completed our development project with the US Department of Defense and have submitted all the final reports.

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Looking Ahead

  • Advancing industrial production, co-product development and market testing with key customers and strategic partners leading to initial sales revenue in 2025.  

  • Completing the second phase of Front-End Loading (FEL2) design plans and initiating the permitting process for our flagship factory.

  • Opening our Series B for new investors in mid-2025

  • Conducting our first manufacturing campaign runs at the end of 2025 to make tons of product.  

  • Receiving a No Objections Letter from the FDA and launching the regulatory approval process with EFSA.

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Let’s Connect

Together, we can address some of the most pressing challenges in our food system. Reach out and let’s talk.

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