# Cataya Bio

> Cataya Bio is a Shanghai synthetic-biology company that engineers microbes and fermentation processes to manufacture high-value ingredients for personal care, food and nutrition, and pharmaceuticals. Its bet is vertical integration: build products with scale in mind, move them through regulatory review, and produce them in company-controlled facilities rather than stopping at laboratory proof.

- **Founded:** 2021
- **Headquarters:** Shanghai, China
- **Founders:** Lishan Zhao (Founder, Chairman and CEO), Liuyang Diao (Co-founder and General Manager), Shiyuan Hu (Co-founder and Senior Vice President)
- **Team size:** LinkedIn lists 51-200 employees; the provided contact-data record identifies 8 employees.
- **Products:** BisaPure Bisabolol, Catalisse Squalane, Catalisse Ceramides, Catalisse Adenosine, Catalisse Ectoine
- **Notable:** Built a personal-care catalog of six named bio-based ingredients and a food-and-nutrition catalog of three human milk oligosaccharides., Completed a 15,000-liter demonstration run with NAGASE that met stated specifications and commercial performance targets., Received an FDA no-questions letter for 2'-FL under GRN 1238 in June 2025.

## Products & services

- **BisaPure Bisabolol** — High-purity fermentation-derived (-)-alpha-bisabolol for personal-care formulations, positioned around low farnesol content.
- **Catalisse Squalane** — Bio-based squalane emollient for personal care, designed to reproduce the sensory qualities associated with conventional sources.
- **Catalisse Ceramides** — Skin- and hair-identical ceramides for barrier-support formulations; Cataya says the range has COSMOS certification.
- **Catalisse Adenosine** — Bio-fermented adenosine at 99% purity for anti-aging personal-care products.
- **Catalisse Ectoine** — A bio-protective extremolyte marketed for formulations addressing environmental stress and urban pollution.
- **Catalisse Cellulose** — A natural biopolymer for suspension and stabilization in clean-label, low-viscosity formulations.
- **2'-Fucosyllactose (2'-FL)** — A precision-fermented human milk oligosaccharide for infant formula and other nutrition applications; it has U.S. FDA GRAS status and China regulatory approval.
- **6'-Sialyllactose (6'-SL)** — A precision-fermented human milk oligosaccharide for infant formula and other foods; FDA closed GRN 1275 with no questions in 2026.
- **3-Fucosyllactose (3-FL)** — A human milk oligosaccharide listed in Cataya's food and nutrition portfolio.
- **Scale-up and manufacturing** — Pilot and kiloton-capacity fermentation, quality control, warehousing and logistics for Cataya products and selected partner programs.

## Achievements

- Built a personal-care catalog of six named bio-based ingredients and a food-and-nutrition catalog of three human milk oligosaccharides.
- Completed a 15,000-liter demonstration run with NAGASE that met stated specifications and commercial performance targets.
- Received an FDA no-questions letter for 2'-FL under GRN 1238 in June 2025.
- Received Chinese regulatory approval for its 2'-FL ingredient in 2025.
- Received an FDA no-questions letter for 6'-SL under GRN 1275 in March 2026.
- Established Qidong production with two multifunctional lines described by the company as capable of kiloton-scale output.
- Broke ground on a planned 2,200-metric-ton annual pharmaceutical-excipient project in Qidong in January 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2025-06** — The FDA closed Cataya's 2'-FL GRAS notice with a no-questions letter.
- **2025-10** — Cataya and NAGASE announced a successful 15,000-liter demo run for a personal-care ingredient.
- **2025-12** — Cataya announced China regulatory approval for its 2'-FL ingredient.
- **2026-01** — Cataya broke ground on phase two of a Qidong pharmaceutical-excipient project planned for 2,200 metric tons of annual capacity.
- **2026-03** — The FDA issued a no-questions response for Cataya's 6'-SL GRAS notice, GRN 1275.
- **2026-04** — Cataya exhibited its personal-care ingredient portfolio at in-cosmetics Global in Paris.

## Links

- Website: https://cataya.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/catayabio

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Last updated: 2026-08-18