Market Biosciences

Martek Biosciences was a pioneering biotechnology company that specialized in the development and commercialization of high-value nutritional ingredients derived from microalgae and other microbial sources. The company is best known for its proprietary technology to produce docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and arachidonic acid (ARA), which are essential fatty acids for infant brain and eye development. Martek's flagship products, life'sDHA and life'sARA, became the global industry standard for infant formula supplementation, used by nearly all major formula manufacturers worldwide. Founded in 1985 as a spinoff from Martin Marietta, the company was acquired by Royal DSM in 2011 for approximately $1.1 billion and its technology remains a core part of DSM-Firmenich's nutritional lipids portfolio.