TerraVia Announces New Head of Global Food Sales

TerraVia™ (formerly Solazyme, Inc.) (NASDAQ:SZYM), a pioneer in algae innovation, focused on food and nutrition and specialty ingredients, has announced that Charlie Ross, former Vice President of DuPont’s Proteins Business Unit, has joined TerraVia as Vice President of Global Sales.

“Charlie has decades of expertise and a proven track record of driving sales in food and nutrition,” said Mark Brooks, TerraVia’s Senior Vice President for Food and Ingredients. “He understands how our innovative ingredients can address key markets and the growing demand for plant-based foods and nutrition.”

“We have built a unique platform around algae, the mother of all plants. TerraVia is delivering solutions that are good for both people and for our planet. Charlie is the perfect candidate to lead sales for our enhanced focus on food and nutrition,” added Jonathan Wolfson, co-founder and CEO of TerraVia.

Mr. Ross joins with over 20 years of experience in sales and marketing in food and nutrition, with a particular focus on plant-based proteins. He has been with DuPont since April 2000, first serving as their Manager of Strategic Projects for Protein Technologies as part of DuPont’s subsidiary Solae LLC. Most recently, he served as DuPont Nutrition and Health’s Vice President and Global Business Unit Leader for Value Proteins. Throughout his career, he has worked to build high performance teams in a multinational organization that contributes to the success of the organization and delivers better products for the customer.

“I am thrilled to join TerraVia. They have built a category creating platform around algae, earth’s original superfood,” Charlie Ross said. “I have worked for years on plant-based proteins, and TerraVia's platform of ingredients, including Whole Algae Protein, are game changers in terms of nutrition, taste, and texture benefits.”

TerraVia has spent over a decade developing a number of breakthrough algae ingredients that can provide manufacturers with solutions to create delicious, high-quality products that have fewer ingredients and better nutrition. These include AlgaVia^® Whole Algae Protein, a new-to-the world vegan protein, that has already been formulated into products and is gaining broad recognition and adoption from global food companies to performance and nutrition leader Glanbia, as well as exciting new food brands such as K’ul Chocolate. Other ingredients include AlgaVia^® Lipid Rich Powder, containing monounsaturated fats, dietary fiber and micronutrients that can replace dairy fats, eggs and oil in foods while still giving them the same rich and indulgent taste and texture as the full fat versions. TerraVia has also developed an innovative line of Culinary Algae Oils that can offer a unique combination of culinary appeal, nutrition and sustainability.

About TerraVia™

TerraVia™ (formerly Solazyme^®) is a next generation food, nutrition and specialty ingredients company that harnesses the power of algae, the mother of all plants and earth’s original superfood. With a portfolio of breakthrough ingredients and manufacturing, the Company is well positioned to help meet the growing need of consumer packaged goods and established and emerging food manufacturers to improve the nutritional profile of foods without sacrificing taste, and to develop select consumer brands. The Company also manufactures a range of specialty personal care ingredients for key strategic partners. Headquartered in South San Francisco, the Company’s mission is to create products that are truly better for people and better for the planet. For additional information, please visit TerraVia’s website at www.terravia.com.

Forward Looking Statements

This press release contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 about Solazyme, including statements that involve risks and uncertainties concerning: customer demand and the attributes of AlgaVia^® Whole Algae Protein and Solazyme’s culinary algae oils, including as to nutrition, taste, texture and sustainability. When used in this press release, the words "will", "expects", "intends" and other similar expressions and any other statements that are not historical facts are intended to identify those assertions as forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Any such statement may be influenced by a variety of factors, many of which are beyond the control of Solazyme, that could cause actual outcomes and results to be materially different from those projected, described, expressed or implied in this press release due to a number of risks and uncertainties. Potential risks and uncertainties include, among others: Solazyme’s limited operating history; Solazyme’s limited history in launching and commercializing products; commercial risk in deploying new products; its ability to successfully develop and commercialize new products; its ability to sell products; successful product trials by customers and market acceptance and adoption of products by consumers and end-users; the ability to obtain requisite regulatory approvals for products; and its access, on favorable terms, to any required financing. Accordingly, no assurances can be given that any of the events anticipated by the forward-looking statements will transpire or occur, or if any of them do so, what impact they will have on the results of operations or financial condition of Solazyme.

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