Solazyme, Unilever Sign Algae Oil R&D Agreement
San Francisco-based Solazyme, Inc., has signed a research and development agreement with Unilever to develop oil derived from algae for use in soaps and other personal care products. The agreement follows the culmination of a yearlong collaboration between Solazyme and Unilever, in which Solazyme’s renewable algal oils were tested in Unilever product formulations.
Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
