Illuminated Fermentation:
Brevel is Powered by Collaboration
Transformation happens across industries, disciplines, and borders
Brevel partners with companies developing fermentation-based products to validate their process on our platform, scale it to commercial volumes, and deploy production through Brevel-led joint-venture manufacturing sites worldwide.
The Benefits of Light
Increase yields and reduce costs
Accelerate growth rates
Unlock high value compositions
Seamless Approach: From Lab to Market
Enhance
Get the most out of your culture and process
Scale Up
From 3L
up to 5,000L
Produce
Commercial manufacturing in our global facilities
This approach turns advanced biomanufacturing into reliable, industrial-grade production
Same Hardware, Customized Process:
Our platform provides infrastructure for resilient and scalable production across multiple industries, maximizing yields and sustaining the future.
End to End Capabilities
Illuminated fermenters in scales of 3.5L, 50L, 500L, and 5000L
Clean rooms
Fully equipped labs with advanced analytical tools
DSP including dewatering, cell disruption, drying & more
Food grade HACCP & FSSC 22000
Frequently Asked Questions
What is illuminated fermentation?
Illuminated fermentation is Brevel’s proprietary platform technology that combines industrial fermentation with controlled internal LED illumination inside a sealed bioreactor. By integrating light with fermentation, the platform enables efficient growth of light-responsive cells and organisms under fully controlled conditions. This approach delivers scalable, reproducible production while maintaining strict control over quality, contamination, and process consistency.
How is illuminated fermentation different from conventional fermentation?
Conventional fermentation relies on microorganisms that do not require light. Brevel’s illuminated fermentation platform introduces precisely controlled internal illumination, enabling light-dependent biological pathways that cannot be efficiently activated in standard fermenters. This expands industrial fermentation to organisms and products that traditionally depended on sunlight or specialized cultivation systems.
Why is illuminated fermentation especially suited for plant cell culture?
Plant cell cultures require precise control of light, nutrients, oxygen, and environmental conditions to consistently produce valuable metabolites. Brevel’s illuminated fermentation platform combines the precision of industrial fermentation with controlled illumination, enabling scalable production of plant cell cultures for cosmetics, food, nutraceutical, and pharmaceutical applications.