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Top 18 Protein-based material companies based in the United Kingdom

RevenueBase identified 42 protein-based material companies headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 434 professional contacts across them, including 160 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.

This list covers protein-based material companies headquartered in the United Kingdom, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 20, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

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42Companies
434Contacts tracked
160Verified emails
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The 18 largest protein-based material companies based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size
Top 18 of 42 protein-based material companies based in the United Kingdom, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 20, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to protein-based material companies: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Partial evidenceCambridge, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5046 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Xampla is creator of natural materials for commercial applications.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
2Partial evidenceRubery, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5040 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We are pioneers in the development of innovative planet-friendly materials that enable the production of sustainable packaging and the elimination of harmful plastic pollution.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
3Indirect evidenceCambridge, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5039 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“PACT designs elegant biomaterials made in harmony with the planet Earth.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
4Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5027 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Modern Synthesis is a London-based material science company using nature-based innovation to accelerate the circular bioeconomy.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
5Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5025 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Solena is a biomaterials company combining artificial intelligence-based computational protein design with bio-based manufacturing to create novel classes of protein fibres…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
6Indirect evidenceWare, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20019 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Makevale are developers and manufacturers of high performance polymers and biopolymers for clients all over the globe.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
7Indirect evidenceSouthampton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5017 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Biome Bioplastics is one of the UK’s leading developers of intelligent, natural plastics.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
8Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-109 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Made from wood cellulose, Woodly® replaces fossil based plastics across a wide range of applications, from films to thermoformed and injection-moulded products.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
9Indirect evidenceSheffield, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-109 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Floreon revolutionises sustainability in plastics.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
10Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-508 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“A renewable and fully biodegradable earth-friendly plastic substitute that can be tuned to hundreds of short, and long-term applications, at a competitive price point.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
11Indirect evidenceDarlington, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-108 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Chestnut Bio replaces persistent fossil-based plastics with non-persistent plastics that breakdown to biomass, water and C02.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
12Partial evidenceBracklesham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-105 contacts →

Partial evidence

“PATENT PERFORMANCE MATERIALS Performance I Strength I Durability I Recyclable Paua are a UK-based materials technology company, who have developed a suite of high-performance…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
13Strong evidenceStretton-on-fosse, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-104 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Grouse Fibres is an materials science start-up developing protein-based fibres and bioproducts from protein side-streams.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
14Partial evidenceCanterbury, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-104 contacts →

Partial evidence

“TENSEI LIMITED, A biotech based business pioneering and developing new technical materials primarily from crop residues - the bounty from the first harvest.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
15Partial evidenceCambridge, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-104 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Cambridge Smart Plastic gathers the top talent of Cambridge University and focuses it on designing new and exciting polymer compounds with unique material properties, increasing…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
16Partial evidenceEsher, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-503 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We produce high-performing materials made from mycelium.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
17Indirect evidenceCambridge, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-103 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At EVIKSH Limited, we are dedicated to eliminating the pervasive issue of single-use “a plague of” plastics.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
18Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-102 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Sainc Biotech develops high-value bio-based products across the food, industrial and material sectors.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026

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Protein-based material companies based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 20, 2026
36.9%Verified-email coverage
10.3Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
28.6%Largest-city concentration · London
Sep 20, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
24
11-50
14
51-200
3
201-500
1

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United Kingdom, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United Kingdom, over 42 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among protein-based material companies, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in the United Kingdom whose own description of what they do matches “protein-based material companies”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names protein-based material companies), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among protein-based material companies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United Kingdom are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 160 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 20, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names protein-based material companies, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many protein-based material companies are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 42 protein-based material companies headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Xampla, headquartered in Cambridge, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most protein-based material companies?

London leads with 12 headquartered companies, followed by Cambridge (4) and Dundee (2).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 160 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 42 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 20, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.