# Perfect Day

> Perfect Day is a Berkeley-based food-tech company that brews real dairy whey protein with microbes instead of cows. Using precision fermentation in steel tanks, it produces ProFerm - a beta-lactoglobulin identical to the protein in milk - and sells it as a B2B ingredient to food brands building animal-free ice cream, cream cheese, protein powders and beverages.

- **Founded:** 2014
- **Headquarters:** Berkeley, California, United States
- **Founders:** Ryan Pandya (Co-founder, former CEO), Perumal Gandhi (Co-founder), Isha Datar (Co-founder (cellular agriculture researcher))
- **Team size:** ~200
- **Products:** ProFerm, B2B ingredient supply, Applications & co-development
- **Notable:** First company to receive an FDA GRAS no-questions letter for an animal-free whey protein (2020)., Brave Robot ice cream sold 1M+ pints in its first year., Raised roughly $800M over its lifetime.

## Products & services

- **ProFerm** — A precision-fermented beta-lactoglobulin whey protein, molecularly identical to the protein in cow's milk, produced by a genetically engineered strain of Trichoderma reesei fungus.
- **B2B ingredient supply** — Bulk supply of animal-free whey protein to CPG brands, sports nutrition companies, dairy processors and foodservice operators.
- **Applications & co-development** — R&D and formulation support helping partners build ice cream, cream cheese, milk, protein powders, beverages and bars using ProFerm.

## Achievements

- First company to receive an FDA GRAS no-questions letter for an animal-free whey protein (2020).
- Brave Robot ice cream sold 1M+ pints in its first year.
- Raised roughly $800M over its lifetime.
- Independent LCA showed dramatically lower greenhouse-gas, water and land use vs conventional whey.
- Bob Iger joined the board in 2020.

## Latest updates

- **2024-01** — Closed a pre-Series E round of up to $90M; co-founders Ryan Pandya and Perumal Gandhi stepped down from operational roles; TM Narayan installed as interim CEO.
- **2023** — Sold consumer brands (Brave Robot, Modern Kitchen, California Performance Co.) to Superlatus to focus on B2B ingredients; laid off ~15% of staff.
- **2022-02** — betterland milk launched - the first animal-free fluid milk on US shelves, made with Perfect Day whey.

## Links

- Website: https://perfectday.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/perfectday
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/PerfectDayFoods
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@perfectdayfoods
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/perfectdayfoods/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/perfectdayfoods/

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Last updated: 2026-05-23