Our vision is produce high quality natural products from native microbial population using local tools and expertise
Our mission to deliver innovative processing and manufacturing products from the environment using a multidisciplinary research and development approach
We use a thorough five step processing in discovering unique microorganisms. We start by collecting samples from different farming environments in Uganda to find novel strains.
This is followed by culturing and characterization. We use novel growth media to isolate and select Bacillus and Aspergillus strains with specific characteristics
The use of Bacillus as a probiotic is well established in the food and feed industry, but the race to find the most effective strains is ongoing. In this regard, we have discovered a unique Bacillus strain BLC-0001, recovered using locally sourced ingredients. We are developing this into probiotics for animal feed supplementation as a solution for a sector-limiting challenge of feeds and nutrient availability. Such probiotics can be used for antibiotic replacement, prevention of diarrhoea and growth promotion. In addition, we are exploiting its ability to produce larger volumes of high-quality catalytic enzymes such as amylase and protease, which can be used to promote exogenously driven nutrient availability from animal feeds as well as high temperature alpha amylase for brewing industry.
Aspergillus is well known for its catalytic powers, producing enzymes such amylase, Proteases, Cellulases and hemicellulases. These are vital in the break down of complex sugars found in most plant foods. We are therefore using BLS-0007 to develop innovative approaches for extracting and delivering this catalytic power in animal feeds to boost nutrient availability.
Animal and aqua feed enzymes enhance breakdown of the non-starch polysaccharide (NSP) components of feed which leads to increase in nutrient availability, improve feed digestibility, reduce feed cost, and improve litter quality.
At BULASCO Industries we strive to create high-quality enzymes which help break down a wide variety of feed components that normally would have been left unused. Animal feeds are often composed of plant material, cereals, and vegetable proteins, which are not often fully digested and utilized. Feed utilization and digestion are often increased by the addition of external ingredients like feed supplements or enzymes to the feed. Our focus is isolation of Bacillus and Aspergillus microorganisms from Ugandan environment and develop processes to produce high quality enzymes that can break down the non-starch polysaccharide (NSP) components of animal and aqua feed.
Our Aspergillus enzymes are also used in baking industry to improve crumb softness, improves dough consistency, reduce bread staling, extends bread shelf life and thus higher returns for baking industry. By extending the shelf life of bread, it supports industry players in actively reducing food waste
We developed amylase enzymes for brewing industry. Alpha-amylase is the enzyme responsible for breaking large, complex, insoluble maize, millet, cassava, or sorghum starch molecules into smaller, soluble molecules. It is stable at high temperature mashes and will convert starch to soluble sugars in a temperature range from 60 to 85 °C. It requires calcium as a co-factor.
Gluco-amylase is another type of amylase that is capable of degrading starch at reduced temperature between 55 and 65 °C. Through its action, it is the enzyme largely responsible for creating large amounts of fermentable sugars.
