{"id":622512,"date":"2026-10-06T18:16:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T18:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/622512\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T18:16:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T18:16:18","slug":"algae-supplement-firm-gets-2-5m-boost-for-grangemouth-plant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/622512\/","title":{"rendered":"Algae supplement firm gets \u00a32.5m boost for Grangemouth plant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A biotech company that makes supplements from whisky by-products has been given \u00a32.5m by the Scottish National Investment Bank to boost manufacturing at Grangemouth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">MiAlgae said it planned to more than double its workforce from 60 to 156 by the end of 2028.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Edinburgh-based firm broke ground on a new commercial-scale manufacturing facility on the site of the former oil refinery in December 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Jane Reoch, executive director of innovation at the Scottish National Investment Bank, described the firm as &#8220;one of Scotland&#8217;s most promising biotech companies&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">MiAlgae was shortlisted for the Prince of Wales&#8217; Earthshot Prize in 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Its process involves growing microalgae, which is rich in omega-3, in by-products of the whisky production process.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">That allows the creation of fish-free supplements, which MiAlgae claims helps to protect oceans and fish stocks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A biotech company that makes supplements from whisky by-products has been given \u00a32.5m by the Scottish National Investment&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":622513,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[134,111,139,556,69],"class_list":["post-622512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nutrition","tag-health","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nutrition","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=622512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/622513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=622512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=622512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=622512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}