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<<To create Solein, Solar Foods starts by using renewable energy to split water cells into hydrogen and oxygen. Then it combines the hydrogen with CO2, and adds
by achenatx 7y ago
<<To create Solein, Solar Foods starts by using renewable energy to split water cells into hydrogen and oxygen. Then it combines the hydrogen with CO2, and adds potassium, sodium, and other nutrients.
Then the company feeds the concoction to microbes, which in turn create an edible ingredient Solar Foods says is roughly 20 to 25 percent carbohydrates, 5 to 10 percent fat, and 50 percent protein.>>
Sounds like they make sugar out of CO2 and Hydrogen using renewable energy. They feed that sugar to "microbes" - either bacteria or (probably) yeast and get protein.
- achenatx 7y agoin doing a little more reading it is possible that have taken some of the variety of bacteria which are capable of using hydrogen gas as an energy source and used them to create hydrocarbon chains. If you can make alcohols, you can make proteins/sugars etc. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/engineered-bacterium-turns-carbon-dioxide-into-methane-fuel/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/engineered-bacter... https://phys.org/news/2016-05-bacterium-inhales-carbon-dioxide-hydrogen.html https://phys.org/news/2016-05-bacterium-inhales-carbon-dioxi...