Bill Gates, Novo Nordisk Back $26M Air-to-Protein Initiative with Acetate Consortium

Recently,Bill·Bill＆Melinda Gates FoundationAndNovo Nordisk FoundationAnnounce, Invest1.622YiKron (25.6 millionDollar") Support biomanufacturing projects"Acetate Consortium”。

The project aims toUsing Carbon Dioxide to Produce Nutritional Food, This funding will be used forExpand the technology developed in the first phaseSurgical and food prototype production.

Acetate ConsortiumInitiated on2023Year, Phase ICosting2YiKron (29 millionDollar), the main goal is to produce alternatives to animal protein through fermentation, with a focus on not using sugar, but insteadAcetate or vinegar derived from carbon dioxideAs raw materials for microorganisms.

In the first phase, the consortium developed an integrated platform to convert carbon dioxide into acetate for single-cell and precision proteins, and also developed100%Growth on acetate and containing more than40%Microbial Strains of Proteins.

In the second phase, the scale of cooperation will be further expanded, food companiesOrkla Foods, Chemical EnterprisesTopsoeAnd many universities will join in, officially developing and testing food prototypes.

Air-to-Protein: Chinese Enterprises Have Already Made Their Move

Finnish EnterpriseSolar FoodsBy feeding carbon dioxide, hydrogen, and oxygen to microorganisms to produce protein, terminal products such as instant protein powder have been launched. The first revenue was realized in this year's half-year report, with order value jumping from zero in the same period last year to 1.5 million euros.

American EnterprisesAir ProteinPartnered with US grain giant ADM to establish the first factory and launch a new nutritional protein food.

In China,LanzateCH and Shougang Group have cooperated to establishShougang Lanzey，The company owns the earliest factory to achieve scaled production of "carbon-captured ethanol," and is alsoThe world's first to achieve large-scale production of microbial protein from industrial exhaust gasesEnterprise.

Currently, Shougang Lanzee has developedChina's First New Type of Feed Protein Ingredient, with Crude Protein Content Exceeding 80%，More than 15% higher than fishmeal, nearly twice that of soybean meal, and significantly better than traditional feed sources.

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