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AFTER A DECADE OF R&D GFBIOCHEMICALS LAUNCHES ITS BREAKTHROUGH TECHNOLOGY, RECHEMISTRY TO MAKE EVERYDAY PRODUCTS SAFE AND SUSTAINABLE

AFTER A DECADE OF R&D GFBIOCHEMICALS LAUNCHES ITS BREAKTHROUGH TECHNOLOGY, RECHEMISTRY TO MAKE EVERYDAY PRODUCTS SAFE AND SUSTAINABLE

  • RE:CHEMISTRY, a new technology announced today by Mathieu Flamini and his company GFBiochemicals, translates over 10 years of cutting-edge scientific research into plant-based ingredients making everyday products – including detergents, sunscreens, skincare, air diffusers, paints and more – safe and sustainable.

  • The breakthrough overcomes the chemicals industry’s decades-old challenge to produce levulinate technologies – recognised by the U.S. Department of Energy as a critical building block for a sustainable future – at a commercially viable scale.

  • RE:CHEMISTRY will be used in consumer goods and by chemical companies for products in industries from home & personal care to coatings, industrial cleaning and agrochemicals, and is set to drastically reduce carbon footprints and improve safety across supply chains worldwide.

  • GFBiochemicals markets the RE:CHEMISTRY platform that includes levulinate esters (Ethyl Levulinate & Butyl Levulinate), and ketals (Levulinate Propanediol Ketal & Levulinate Propanediol Ketal) – each product is designed to accelerate the defossilisation of the chemical industry by replacing incumbent fossil-based chemicals with bio-based materials offering comparable solvency performance and improved safety and environmental labeling profiles across a wide range of applications.


GFBiochemicals, a global leader in pioneering safe and sustainable alternatives to fossil-based ingredients, has today announced the launch of its breakthrough technology, RE:CHEMISTRY.

The proprietary chemical platform unlocks the full potential of levulinate technologies – a chemical compound identified by the U.S. Department of Energy as one of the twelve most promising building blocks for creating a greener future – and its derivatives to deliver a diverse range of solutions to make everyday products safe and sustainable.

Founded in 2013 by former Arsenal footballer Mathieu Flamini and Italian entrepreneur Pasquale Granata, GFBiochemicals has spent over a decade innovating to find alternative solutions to harmful petrochemical ingredients, allowing businesses and consumers to put trust in the products they use every day. A range of brands have already committed to use RE:CHEMISTRY’s technology, which will be rolled out worldwide, reducing the environmental impact and improving the safety of supply chains globally.

RE:CHEMISTRY is the product of years of research and development into addressing the issues created by these harmful ingredients in our everyday products and contributing to accelerate the defossilisation of the chemical industry.

Created by a team of world-class scientists and through partnerships with renowned academic institutions, including the Universities of KU Leuven, Lille, Lyon, Nice and others, the breakthrough technology has yielded the answer to a problem chemists have been trying to solve since the discovery of levulinic acid: how to make its production commercially viable and scalable.

Mathieu Flamini, CEO and co-founder of GFBiochemicals, said:
“When we founded GFBiochemicals in 2013, we had a simple goal: to meaningfully address chemical pollution in consumer products by replacing petro-based ingredients with safe and sustainable alternatives. For over a century, we have relied on fossil-based chemicals to produce these goods but now is the time for change. Thanks to the dedication of our team, RE:CHEMISTRY is now a reality. We must not remember that the circular bioeconomy is key to achieving net zero. Using plant-based chemicals derived from biomass will be essential in gradually reducing our dependence on fossil-based alternatives.”

Breakthrough Innovation
To make RE:CHEMISTRY possible, GFBiochemicals has streamlined the expensive three-step production process into a single step. This will drastically reduce production cost and make it the first company worldwide to scale the commercialisation of levulinic acid and its derivatives in a way that can replace conventional fossil-based ingredients in industries from home & personal care to paint & coatings, industrial cleaning and agrochemicals.

GFBiochemicals will continue to use its world-class capabilities to develop and manufacture novel alternatives to fossil-based ingredients that are safe, sustainable and high-performing.

For more information on its latest technological breakthrough, visit www.re-chemistry.com and gfbiochemicals.com.

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