21 May 2021 --- Terviva has raised US$54 million in equity capital to commercialize its “golden-colored, buttery” culinary oil and highly soluble plant protein made from pongamia seeds, a regenerative crop that captures 115 metric tons of carbon per acre over 30 years. The finance comes as the agri-food player begins a collaboration with Danone to develop new food products that utilize pongamia oil and plant protein.Terviva plans to open a facility in the US in 2022 to produce pongamia-based foods using natural, proprietary food processing methods.In an in-depth interview with FoodIngredientsFirst, Chris Quevedo, commercialization team manager at Terviva, explains how pongamia oil is a highly sustainable alternative to soy and palm.