Food ingredients supplier Savor has entered a two-year strategic collaboration with speciality oils and fats supplier AAK to develop and commercialise next-gen fat-based ingredients for dairy alternative and bakery applications, targeting food manufacturers in North America and Europe.

The agreement includes an equity investment from AAK into California-based Savor. The partnership will combine Savor’s proprietary Carbon Crafted platform — which produces fats directly from carbon rather than conventional agricultural feedstocks — with AAK’s expertise in plant-based oils, formulation and customer co-development. According to the companies, the resulting speciality fats could require up to 1,000 times less land and generate up to 98% lower carbon emissions than conventional alternatives.