MicroBioGen has developed a conceptual process that could take advantage of excess renewable electricity produced by wind and solar, with opportunities for food production in remote areas including space applications. Our conceptual process was published in Life, 12, 1002. DOI: 10.3390/life12071002
Our nutritionally balanced Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast is the ideal food source. It is high in protein and can be produced using our unique process at 500 times the efficiency of current food crops. Importantly, our Power to Protein project provides the first opportunity for humanity to sidestep our total dependence on photosynthesis as the foundation for all human calorie and nutritional requirements.
Simply put, our technology decreases humanity’s reliance on crops, which – in a world increasingly impacted by climate change – provides an alternative for a sustainable future.
Key features of our process include:
- Minimal nutrient requirement yeast
- Ability to grow on non-sugars
- Optimised amino acid profile
- GRAS organism that is robust
- Super stable
- Can be a dried product
- Retains capacity to produce alcohol if required (biochemical precursor)
- Requires less water than crops