Ingredient differentiation
Bio-made actives, functional compounds, proteins, peptides, enzymes, and proprietary ingredient concepts.
External development partner for product companies
Develop biotech-enabled ingredients and products without building an internal biotech team.
Maya Lab helps product companies turn commercial product goals into biotech development programs: target selection, biological route, technical roadmap, lab and vendor strategy, risks, budget, and execution plan.
Built by the Maya Milk technical team
Precision fermentation, microbial strain engineering, and bioprocess development.
Made for product teams
Commercial product goals translated into biological routes and execution plans.
Partner-ready execution
Lab, CRO, vendor, formulation, and manufacturing routes mapped before spend.
WHAT WE DEVELOP
Many brands want cleaner ingredients, stronger claims, better sourcing, and proprietary product lines. They do not want to become biotech companies.
- active ingredients
- fermentation-derived compounds
- peptides, enzymes, and proteins
- functional nutrition and feed additives
- bio-based materials
- cleaner production routes
- proprietary ingredient platforms
- bio-made product concepts
Applications
From product need to technical route.
Maya Lab starts from the commercial product problem, then defines the biology, testing, partners, and development path needed to make a serious go/no-go decision.
Sourcing and production route
Cleaner or more controllable routes using fermentation, enzymatic production, supplier strategy, or partner development.
Technical validation
Testing logic, analytical requirements, early feasibility checks, and the first experiments worth running.
Execution network
Lab, CRO, vendor, formulation, and specialist partner mapping for teams that need a credible development path.
First engagement
MAYA LAB BIO-PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
The Development Design Program is a 4 to 6 week engagement that turns one product or ingredient direction into a development-ready plan.
Outputs
- product target
- biological route options
- recommended technical path
- partner, vendor, and CRO strategy
- risk and blocker map
- development milestones
- budget estimate
- next-phase execution plan
What you receive
A development-ready decision package.
The first program is designed to make one serious product direction concrete enough for a go/no-go decision, partner outreach, and next-phase execution.
Route map
Biological route options, recommended technical path, first tests, and feasibility constraints.
Partner map
Labs, CROs, vendors, formulation partners, or manufacturers needed for execution.
Risk map
Technical blockers, failure modes, regulatory questions, analytical needs, and decision gates.
Execution plan
Milestones, budget estimate, first experiments, owner map, and next-phase scope.
Example package
What the work starts to look like.
Illustrative example for a skincare active. Actual development programs are scoped around the client's category, claims, timeline, and technical constraints.
Development Design Snapshot
Hydration active route assessment
Goal
Proprietary hydration claim
Define active target and commercial constraints.
Route
Fermentation-derived active
Compare organism, supplier, and partner-enabled routes.
Tests
Identity, purity, activity
Map analytical and formulation checks before scale spend.
Decision
Proceed, partner, or stop
Define budget, timeline, risks, and next execution phase.
HOW A DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM WORKS
01
Product Target
Define product category, customer value, ingredient target, claim logic, and commercial constraints.
02
Biological Route
Assess routes such as fermentation, enzymatic production, bio-made actives, peptides, proteins, or partner-enabled development.
03
Development Architecture
Define what needs to be built, tested, sourced, partnered, or outsourced before deeper technical spend.
04
Partner Strategy
Identify the right lab, CRO, formulation, manufacturing, or technical partners for the product path.
05
Risk and Milestones
Map technical risks, first experiments, decision gates, budget, and next-phase execution.
Capabilities
Technical support when a product team lacks biotech capacity.
Route and feasibility
Biological route selection, strain or organism logic, fermentation route assessment, technical risk mapping, and development milestones.
Testing and analysis planning
Analytical method requirements, contamination or quality-control logic, protein or peptide characterization needs, and data interpretation plans.
Partner and vendor coordination
Mapping the labs, CROs, formulation partners, ingredient vendors, or manufacturing partners needed for the next execution phase.
Product development path
Turning a product idea into a scoped technical program, prototype route, decision package, and execution plan for the client team.
FOCUS
Cosmetics and skincare
Bio-made actives, peptides, enzymes, microbiome-related ingredients, and cleaner alternatives.
Food and ingredients
Fermentation-derived compounds, functional ingredients, flavor systems, and cleaner production routes.
Pet, feed, and aquaculture
Functional additives, enzymes, peptides, proteins, gut-health ingredients, and differentiated nutrition.
Materials and home care
Bio-based materials, enzyme-enabled products, surfactants, and biodegradable specialty compounds.
BEST FIT
- existing product category or ingredient problem
- reason to act: differentiation, sourcing, performance, cost, or claims
- internal owner in product, R&D, innovation, or strategy
- interest in biotech-enabled development
- no plan to build a full internal biotech team
PROJECT READINESS
- defined product category or ingredient area
- clear internal owner for the project
- reason to act within the next 12 months
- ability to fund a serious development phase
- decision path for moving from plan to execution
WHY MAYA LAB
Technical grounding
Built on experience in precision fermentation, microbial strain engineering, and bioprocess development.
Maya Milk connection
Connected to Maya Milk's work in animal-free dairy protein and fat development.
Built for product companies
Designed for teams that need biotech execution capability without hiring a full internal team.
Execution-oriented
We define the technical route, identify partners, and coordinate the development path toward execution.
DEVELOPMENT BRIEFS
See how Maya Lab would structure a development program for your category.
General program
First-phase structure for companies evaluating biotech-enabled ingredients or products.
Cosmetics and skincare
Bio-made actives, peptides, enzymes, microbiome-related ingredients, and cleaner alternatives.
Food and ingredients
Fermentation-derived compounds, functional ingredients, flavor systems, and route strategy.
Pet, feed, and aquaculture
Functional additives, enzymes, peptides, proteins, gut-health ingredients, and differentiated nutrition.
Materials and home care
Bio-based materials, enzyme-enabled products, surfactants, and biodegradable compounds.
CONTACT
Tell us what product you want to build or what ingredient problem you want to solve.
A good first conversation has a product category, a reason to act, a timeline, and someone who owns innovation, product, strategy, or R&D.