Tomorrow Taste

Tomorrow Taste is a biotechnology-driven ingredient company based in Los Angeles and San Carlos, California, specializing in the development and commercialization of proprietary sweet taste proteins for use in consumer food and beverage products. The company's flagship ingredient platform, TomorrowSweet™, is built around Brazzein, a naturally occurring sweet protein, engineered and blended to deliver sugar-like sweetness without the glycemic impact, artificial additives, or off-notes commonly associated with alternative sweeteners. The core innovation lies in formulating proteins composed entirely of natural amino acids — the same 20 found in the human body — that can be tuned to replicate the taste profile of sugar, cream, salt, or virtually any flavor target a brand partner requires.

Founded with the ambition of creating a soda sweetened entirely by proteins found in nature, the company first developed WeekendSweet™ as an early blend before iterating through successive generations of its proprietary formula. TomorrowSweet™ 1.9, its current flagship blend, is described as delivering 90% taste parity with sugar on the palate, arriving with a clean sweetness curve, no metallic edge, and no aftertaste — challenges that have historically limited the adoption of stevia and monk fruit at functional doses. An additional functional benefit is bitter masking: the same protein that delivers sweetness simultaneously softens bitter notes in coffee, tea, chocolate, and plant-based protein applications, effectively doing the work of two ingredients in a single label line.

The label profile is a key commercial differentiator. TomorrowSweet™ declares simply as 'Brazzein (Sweet Protein), Natural Flavors,' enabling brands to carry a zero-sugar claim with a clean, easily searchable ingredient name that does not trigger consumer avoidance. The ingredient is fully digested as a protein, producing no glycemic response and leaving no residual compounds in the digestive tract, contrasting favorably with both sucralose and stevia-derived sweeteners.

Today, Tomorrow Taste operates as a B2B ingredient supplier and formulation partner, offering its Tomorrow Taste Protein™ platform to CPG brands across a broad range of categories including sparkling water and seltzer, ice cream, chocolate, coffee and tea, protein shakes, and confectionery. The company provides formulation support from bench to commercial launch, positioning itself as a full-cycle development partner rather than a commodity ingredient vendor. Its pricing model is designed to scale as supply volumes grow, with manufacturing anchored to U.S. industry infrastructure.

The leadership team includes co-founders Alec Lourenço (CEO) and Tristan Jensen (COO), alongside a founding scientist serving as Head of Biology and a fractional CFO, reflecting a lean, science-forward organizational structure. The company operates from dual U.S. locations in Los Angeles and San Carlos, California, consistent with both a commercial presence and proximity to biotechnology research ecosystems.