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Precision fermentation

Posted: December 8th, 2023, 10:58 am
by odysseus2000
Precision fermentation is an interesting technology that seems to be coming to the market in increasing scale. The idea is to use genetically engineered yeast to create proteins from sugar, the proteins available mimic products from the meat & dairy industries.

This FT video gives a short introduction:

https://youtu.be/6-ws1xqGQV0?si=8mEaKzdSqU_lzLw4

There are some bullish articles suggesting compound annual growth over 40% for precision fermentation products

https://foodinstitute.com/focus/whats-n ... mentation/

An alternative to these products are soya based products such as produced by Beyond Meat.

Folk in the precision fermentation industry say that their products are now competitive with farmed food whereas products from plant based sources such as Soya are more expensive due to the cost of the vegetable crops.

Does anyone have information on whether the claims for precision fermentation are credible or marketing baloney?

Regards,

Re: Precision fermentation

Posted: March 16th, 2024, 12:05 am
by odysseus2000
It looks like this technology has promise as several US states want to ban it:

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/1203 ... 8c92a06ca8

Regards,