NanoTaiga

Our technologies are based on the observation that larch wood chips are much more valuable for making pulp and paper if the arabinogalactan and taxifolin are first removed. In addition, the arabinogalactan and taxifolin are quite valuable. Our patented technology for doing this is described in detail in this patent which has been granted in numerou... s countries: Larch arabinogalactan and taxifolin have many uses and have been approved worldwide for human consumption and as a component of animal feed. About 4,000 tons per year are currently produced worldwide, by Lonza and Ametis . A peer-reviewed clinical study showed that larch arabinogalactan decreased the incidence of cold episodes by 23% . Reducing the cost of larch arabinogalactan can bring the health effects of larch arabinogalactan to the masses (it's currently fairly expensive). Another use of larch arabinogalactan is as a replacement for antibiotics in animal feed. To become widely used in animal feed it needs to be produced less expensively. The CelloFuel technologies can produce larch arabinogalactan (LAG) and taxifolin (DHQ) from larch wood chips less expensively than existing production technologies. Larch arabinogalactan can eliminate the need for antibiotics in chicken feed, which makes it possible to sell chicken as organic (which commands a 50% price premium over chicken fed with antibiotics). About 35% of trees in the world's Boreal forests (Taiga) are larch trees. The pulp and paper industry is growing but larch is less useful than other softwoods because more chemicals are needed to make it into paper and because it's more difficult to bleach. This is explained in more detail by Wenming He in 2013 : "Larch is a primary raw material for pulp and paper industry in China. The advantage of larch is the long fiber length, its excellent growth rate, and its high adaptability to cultivation (Kojima 1996). However, its wood is characterized by thicker cell walls and higher extractives contents than in the case of other raw materials. Moreover, it is ...Read More