Pongamia is a platform🌱

Terviva has unique know-how on over a dozen unique, high-value solutions derived from pongamia. These range from cattle feed and fertilizer to bioactive compounds and carbon credits. 

Animal Feed

  • Solves major challenges

    Markets like India and Australia have a growing need for supplement ingredients vital to animal nutrition. Typical sources (e.g. rapeseed, soybean) face cost, scarcity, or reliability issues. Pongamia helps solve these challenges while also providing an environmental benefit. 

  • Backed by rigorous research

    Our approach to overcoming pongamia palatability challenges is informed by worldwide academic and commercial studies in cattle (dairy, beef) and poultry, from institutions including:

    - Texas A&M (USA)
    - University of Queensland (Australia)
    - Kunoa Cattle Company (USA)
    - eFeed (India)
    - University of Wisconsin, Madison (USA)

  • Effective source of protein

    Key benefits of pongamia meal as feed ingredient include:
    - Nutritionally balanced (similar to rapeseed)
    - Available in typical DOC off-seasons (India)
    - Complete amino acid profile
    - Local and sustainable sourcing

  • An environmentally friendly solution

    Additionally, pongamia meal typically has a carbon intensity score up to 50% lower than traditional animal feed ingredients, resulting in a steep reduction in lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions.

Bioactives

  • Terviva can extract, measure, and purify flavonoids

    Only we can scale karanjin and pongamol (“K&P”), plus other high-potential compounds.

    Beyond their commercial applications, they act as unique “fingerprints” for Terviva trees and products. 

  • Rising commercial and academic interest in K&P

    Key commercial applications:
    - Skin care and cosmetics
    - Biopesticides
    - Analytical standards (R&D use)

    Academic focus areas include:
    - Diabetes
    - Cancer
    - Inflammation
    - Neuroprotection

  • More new compounds identified

    We have isolated and quantified a total of 10 unique flavonoids found in pongamia (e.g. kanjone, pongapin, ovalitenone).