I wouldn't include the microbes in the list of ingredients since the process grows the microbes.
I would suggest "Making Protein From Air, Water, and Electricity"
It's real, but the marketing slogan doesn't include all the details mentioned here: "Their only ingredients are hydrogen-oxidising bacteria, electricity from solar panels, a small amount of water, carbon dioxide drawn from the air, nitrogen and trace quantities of minerals such as calcium, sodium, potassium and zinc." https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/oct/31/electr...
The process involves using microbes seeded with a bunch of minerals in addition to the air, water, and electricity, so this headline oversimplifies things quite a bit.
Meanwhile the opinion piece also makes the case for why anyone should care: in short, figuring out ways to grow food in radically less space - and in particular, using barren land (the article says sunny deserts would be ideal for this method) - is key to reversing significant environmental harm done by industrial agriculture.
^ that’s a summary of the opinion piece, I don’t have a lot of knowledge or opinion in this area.
This is a new alternative to our current, photosynthesis-based food chain. For those who think it's a scam, consider that they have already convinced the European Space Agency to be a partner: https://www.forbes.com/sites/lanabandoim/2018/11/26/how-a-st...
And for those who think the headline is misleading: It's comparable to saying that plant protein comes from sun+air+water. They first build a small bioreactor with some microbes inside but after that the input is (mostly?) air (including carbon dioxide and nitrogen), electricity (preferably from solar) and a little water, and the output "looks and tastes like wheat flour,
with 50% protein content and 5–10 % fat and 20–25 % carbs." https://solarfoods.fi/bioprocess/
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I didn't know how to include the oxford comma in my comment, but briefly considered how :)
This is nonsense. Protein needs nitrogen. Maybe they get it from air, but I suspect this isn't real.
The process involves using microbes seeded with a bunch of minerals in addition to the air, water, and electricity, so this headline oversimplifies things quite a bit.
Meanwhile the opinion piece also makes the case for why anyone should care: in short, figuring out ways to grow food in radically less space - and in particular, using barren land (the article says sunny deserts would be ideal for this method) - is key to reversing significant environmental harm done by industrial agriculture.
^ that’s a summary of the opinion piece, I don’t have a lot of knowledge or opinion in this area.
And for those who think the headline is misleading: It's comparable to saying that plant protein comes from sun+air+water. They first build a small bioreactor with some microbes inside but after that the input is (mostly?) air (including carbon dioxide and nitrogen), electricity (preferably from solar) and a little water, and the output "looks and tastes like wheat flour, with 50% protein content and 5–10 % fat and 20–25 % carbs." https://solarfoods.fi/bioprocess/
[1] https://sci-hub.tw/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.07.089#
[2] https://scholar.google.nl/citations?hl=en&user=6tlAHpQAAAAJ&...
[3] https://scholar.google.nl/citations?hl=en&user=F4_L9CYAAAAJ&...
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/blu...
https://www.sciencealert.com/the-earliest-signs-of-life-on-l...
How do you get the board for $113? Has the price increased since?