A new consumer study has revealed promising results for yeast oil as a potential substitute for palm oil in food products. The study, commissioned by NoPalm
Well, yes. But it’s hard to imagine being more efficient with space or energy consumption than that. Single Cell (Organic) Protein production from yeast (or fungus) isn’t a sci-fi concept taken from Cyberpunk. Cyberpunk took it from the real world. The general process has been known since 1781, although research into its use as animal feed was only kicked off by Max Delbrück much later. It was used by Germany during WWI to counteract food shortages, and later by many others, notably the Soviet Union for the same purpose.
Maybe shouldn’t have listened to BP’s “great” idea of using paraffin refined from oil as the feedstock though. Turns out - surprise! - that the residual alkanes are more than a little unhealthy.
probably have to grow yeast in large bioreactors/ or vats, but its better than destroying indonesian rainforests for palm oil.
Well, yes. But it’s hard to imagine being more efficient with space or energy consumption than that. Single Cell (Organic) Protein production from yeast (or fungus) isn’t a sci-fi concept taken from Cyberpunk. Cyberpunk took it from the real world. The general process has been known since 1781, although research into its use as animal feed was only kicked off by Max Delbrück much later. It was used by Germany during WWI to counteract food shortages, and later by many others, notably the Soviet Union for the same purpose.
Maybe shouldn’t have listened to BP’s “great” idea of using paraffin refined from oil as the feedstock though. Turns out - surprise! - that the residual alkanes are more than a little unhealthy.
For more information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-cell_protein#History