Nature’s Answer to Comfort.
Revolutionary biochemically-produced cushioning with the adaptability, price point and comfort of Polyfoam.
A sustainable replacement for petroleum-derived cushioning, scalable to meet the global $75 billion market demand.
OUR MISSION
Reinventing comfort: accessible, sustainable solutions for the future of our planet.
EDEN Cellyfill was conceived of as a wholly new, scalable soy/cellulose-based alternative to polyurethane foam cushioning.
Polyfoam, the cushioning currently relied upon by industry, is hiding in plain sight everywhere you sit or sleep - mattresses, upholstered furnishings, airplane and automotive seating, and more. Manufacturers seek it out for its variable density and resiliency performance specifications, low cost and longevity.
The material’s ubiquity comes with real trade-offs. Individual cushions are cut from large blocks, or bins, creating significant waste. An inventory of Polyfoam takes up a LOT of factory floor real estate, a quantifiable expense for business owners. There is the larger view cost as well. Polyfoam is not a sustainable material - it is non-biodegradable, non-renewable and, in service of a $75 billion market demand, its production, transport and disposal make it a significant contributor to worldwide CO2 emissions.
The key to capturing the cushioning market is achieving comparable specifications, cost and availability of Polyfoam. Cellyfill has done just that. By integrating cellulose and biochemical additives, its formula can be tuned for ideal performance results, as well as customized in size. On the sustainability front, Cellyfill’s basis in abundant agricultural waste, is a boon to farmers and food producers and rapidly bio-degradable.
FINALIST. Soy Innovation Challenge
The United Soybean Board teamed up with The Yield Lab Institute and AWS Startups to create the Soy Innovation Challenge, where entrepreneurs use new technology and U.S. Soy to solve sustainability challenges.
Out of 69 nominees, EDEN Cellyfill was named as one of four finalists in a competition dedicated to discovering new and novel uses for soybean meal. From soy to cushion, EDEN Cellyfill was designed with full soybean content as a sustainable, bio-based alternative to polyfoam cushioning.
ROI. NREL + Cellyfill
NREL, Cellyfill’s R&D partners, filed a Record of Invention (ROI) in October 2023: “We have developed formulations and preparation methods to produce foams, consisting mostly of cellulose with crosslinking and plasticizing additives, that exhibit rapid shape recovery and tunable mechanical properties.”
Cellyfill is patent pending.
FINALIST. Shell GameChanger
Shell’s GameChanger Accelerator Powered by NREL (GCxN) works with start-ups and businesses on unproven early-stage ideas that have the potential to impact the future of energy.
EDEN Cellyfill was one of five Cohort 6 finalists with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), validating our concept as having great parallels to petroleum, but with fully sustainable benefits via extraction, logistics and infrastructure.