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Vilnius, Lithuania – March 3, 2026 – Pentasweet has officially signed the civil construction agreement and broken ground on its commercial scale brazzein production facility in Vilnius. The project marks a pivotal transition from pilot scale research and development to full industrial production and positions Pentasweet among the first companies globally to manufacture sweet proteins at commercial scale.  The facility, located in the Vilnius…

Vilnius, July 2025 Lithuanian-owned company Pentasweet plans to begin construction of a modern biotechnology production and research center at the Vilnius Innovation Industrial Park by the end of this year. The facility will focus on producing brazzein, a next-generation protein-based sweetener designed as an alternative to sugar and other sweeteners used in the food industry….

Pentasweet is proud to announce the signing of a major investment agreement with the Ministry of the Economy and Innovation of the Republic of Lithuania. This agreement marks a significant step forward in our plan to develop a next-generation biosynthesis-based production facility in Vilnius. The total planned investment amounts to €44 million.  The following article…

In an article published by Verslo žinios, M. Daugintis discusses Pentasweet’s future plans. On March 17, 2025, Verslo žinios featured a story highlighting the company’s ambitious development goals — including the design of a new production facility focused on an innovative food ingredient: the protein sweetener brazzein. According to the article, Pentasweet expects the new…