Founded 2024
Founders Yash Khandelwal, CEO Micol Hafez, CPO

The Bland Company develops scalable protein-based ingredients that mimic egg functionality for food manufacturers. Brands integrate these ingredients to replace animal-derived egg protein with cost-effective, consistent, and sustainable alternatives.


Founders

Yash
Khandelwal

CEO

Yash is a biochemical engineer and second-time founder with 5+ years experience in next-gen food. He launched the world’s first watermelon-seed cheese in India and scaled Better Dairy’s proteins as their founding engineer.

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Micol
Hafez

CPO

Micol studied Biochemistry at Columbia University and has a Master’s in Bioengineering from Imperial College London. At 16, she built a food blog with 30K subscribers and founded a VC-backed FoodTech startup at university.

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