Sweethoven Biotech

A healthy and sustainable approach to sweetness

Sweetness meets health

We harness the power of natural enzymes to transform sugars into something better!

The features of our fiber -based sweetener

50 % sweetness
compared to regular sugar
100 % fiber
Sweetness without sugar
Prebiotic power
Supporting gut health
Sustainable
Produced from natural carbohydrates
Low GI sweetener
Does not impact blood sugar levels
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Meet our team

As passionate scientists we are committed to provide a healthy and sustainable alternative to sugar.

Supporters and Funding

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3rd place at the BioRiver Boost!2024

On September 27th our team pitched in front of an expert jury at the highly prestigious BioRiver Boost! Pitch Contest. The jury of representatives from prestigious companies such as Bayer, Lonza...

1st place in the Bio-Gründer Wettbewerb 2024

BIG NEWS!!! Our project wins the 1st place in the “Bio-Gründer Wettbewerb 2024” hosted by Bio-Security. Dr. André Neff was able to convince the judges in his pitch of the health-promoting...

Visit from Ye-One Rhie

Prominent visit by Ye-One Rhie, Member of the German Bundestag and Committee on Education, Research and Technology Assessment. During her visit, Ms. Rhie was impressed by the benefits of our...

Launch DATIpilot project

Using 178,000 € from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research our team will develop a state of the art process for the chromatographic purification of our sweet dietary fiber. Upscale of this...

Winner of the DATIpilot Pitch Contest

An outstanding pitch from Marcel secures one of the highly coveted places on the winners’ podium at the DATIpilot Roadshow in Essen. This success will grant our project a 12 – 18 month...

Prototyping Grant secured

Our project secures a prototyping grant over 46,600 €, hosted by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Industry, Climate Action and Energy (NRW). The grant will be utilized to produce kg-quantities of our...

Winner of the University of Bonn’s Idea Competition 2022

Our idea of making a healthier sugar alternative accessible with our sweet-tasting dietary fiber wins the University of Bonn’s ideas competition...
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University of Bonn

Insitute for Microbiology and Biotechnology

Meckenheimer Alle 168

53115 Bonn

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