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Solar foods uses gas fermentation technology to produce proteins without the need to use traditional agricultural means.
About
Solar Foods' process takes a single microbe, one of the billion different ones found in nature, and grows it by fermenting it, which is also called a bioprocess.
We feed the microbe like you would feed a plant, but instead of watering and fertilizing it, we use mere air and electricity.
With our current process, this is 20x more efficient than photosynthesis (and 200 times more than meat).
By using fermentation to grow protein, the bioprocess of our first protein product Solein® may not be traditional, but it is natural. And the best part? It won’t run out.
Key Benefits
Solein contains 75% protein content, more than 20% branch chain amino acids and more than 8% leucine, which makes it a very nutritional protein source for health and performance applications.
It has a neutral flavor and outstanding emulsification capabilities, and create a creamy mouthfeel, which is very valuable in non-animal dairy applications.
Finally, Solein is the most sustainable protein in the market, as it doesn't require agricultural means to be produced and has very low greenhouse gas emissions and water and land use.
Applications
Solein is very versatile and can be used across health & performance applications, like protein powders (RTMs), functional beverages (RTDs) and protein bars; it can be used across multiple culinary applications and non-animal meat and non-animal dairy.