Wide Open Agriculture: Nourishing the Future with Lupins

Wide Open Agriculture (WOA) is a break-through ingredient company. WOA is transforming one of Australia’s most overlooked crops (lupins) into the next global superfood. With lupins at the core of its innovation, WOA is reimagining how we feed the world’s growing population with healthy, nutritious food and drinks.

The Lupin Revolution

• Nutritional Goldmine: Lupins boast up to 40% protein and are packed with dietary fibre, prebiotics, and antioxidants. All the punch of soy, with none of the baggage.
• WA’s Secret Weapon: Over 80% of the world’s lupins are grown in Western Australia — WOA taps right into the heart of the source.
• Historically Hidden, Now Heroic: Once confined to livestock feed, lupins are stepping onto the human food stage thanks to WOA’s cutting-edge tech.

From Bitter to Brilliant: The Curtin University Breakthrough

• Game-Changing Extraction: WOA licensed a unique process that neutralizes lupin’s bitterness and unleashes its full potential as a clean, functional protein.
• Buntine Protein®: Their flagship isolate — mild, smooth, and versatile — is now shaking up protein shakes & bars, baked goods, plant-based cheeses, milks, yoghurts, ice-cream and more.
• Functional Magic: It gels, binds, emulsifies — an ingredient company’s dream for clean-label innovation.

Scaling Smart, Thinking Big

• Global Footprint: R&D in Perth meets precision manufacturing in Grimmen, Germany, enabling WOA to serve both local and global markets with consistency and quality.
• Production Powerhouse: Their German facility  can make small-scale commercial quantitites of lupin protein annually — with room to grow.

Impact with Every Ingredient

• Regenerative by Design: Lupins enrich the soil naturally, slashing emissions and supporting sustainable crop rotations.
• 4 Returns Framework: WOA’s strategy isn’t just commercial — it’s restorative, delivering environmental, societal, inspirational, and financial value.