ABOUT MAGERA
Magera was founded on a simple but urgent premise: sodium reduction shouldn’t mean sacrificing taste, performance, or scalability.
INTRODUCING THE NEXT ERA OF SALT
Science-Driven. Application-Proven.
Magera is backed by over a decade of research and extensive consumer trial work across multiple food systems.
Our technology has been validated in applications including:
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Bakery systems
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Processed and cured meats
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Ready-to-eat and prepared meals
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Snacks and savory seasonings
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Sodium reduction and preservation strategies
This isn’t theoretical innovation. It’s application-ready performance designed for real manufacturing environments.
OUR PEOPLE
Built By Industry Veterans
Magera is led by a team with more than 150 years of combined executive experience across R&D, food science, business development, quality systems, and global commercialization.
Our leadership has held senior roles at some of the world’s most respected food and ingredient companies, including:
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Cargill
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General Mills
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The Hershey Company
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Danisco
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Roquette
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Kraft Heinz
We understand the pressures manufacturers face — reformulation risk, margin constraints, regulatory scrutiny, and consumer perception. Magera was built to meet those realities head-on.
Tero Huopaniemi
Co-founder & Chairman
Tero has over 30 years of global executive experience in the food ingredients industry with the Cultor and Danisco Groups.
Dr. Janne Kerovuo
Co-founder & CEO
Janne has over two decades of leadership in the biotechnology field. Having held executive roles at MycoWorks, NewLeaf Symbiotics, and Evozyne, Janne solves complex problems by leveraging best-in-class technology strategies and solutions.
Tony Sberna
Co-founder & President, Americas
Tony has 30 years of commercial experience in the ingredient and food technology industries, leading sales, marketing and business development teams. He has held executive positions with Cargill, Ocean Nutrition, Roquette, and Synthetic Genomics.
Dr. Jim Flatt
Board Member and Advisor
Jim is a Biosciences leader, leading teams responsible for
conceiving and translating innovative discoveries into successful
commercial products in the nutrition, specialty chemical, and
energy industries. He is the CEO of DMC Biotechnologies.
Dr. Helen Mitchell
Director of Scientific Affairs
Helen is a food ingredients industry legend in developing new
product concepts and the application technologies underlying
the science, previously with Cultor, Danisco and Pfizer.
Jim Kirkwood
Senior Advisor
Jim was the Chief Science and Technology Development Officer and Vice President for General Mills, GTECH (Global Center for Technology Creation). He led global efforts that identified and developed applicable strategic technologies to drive GMI businesses as well as "change the game" for GMI's global operating units.
Julie Emsing Mann
Director of Innovation
Julie brings us expertise in food science and innovation positions previously with Hershey, Ingredion and Puris. Additionally, she is a board member with the Institute of Food Technology (2022-2026), the Good Food Institute and International Pulse Ingredient Consortium.
Leif Ramm-Schmidt
Director of Technology
Leif has an M.Sc. degree in chemical engineering. After a long management career at the Cultor Group, Leif spearheads our operations and crystallization technology development.
OUR MISSION
To redefine salt for a healthier world — without compromise.
If your organization is rethinking sodium strategy, reformulating legacy products, or building new clean-label platforms, we invite you to partner with us.
Magera — The Next Era of Salt.
Join Us in Building the Magnesium Era of Salt
Magera has the potential to reshape global food systems while addressing one of the most preventable public health crises of our generation.
We are transitioning from breakthrough science to scaled ingredient supply.
Now is the moment.