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Food that Counters the Climate Crisis? I'll Eat That!

posted by martyb on Friday March 13 2020, @12:46AM   
from the https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLQ0LZSnJFE dept.

Gaaark writes:

https://www.celiac.com/articles.html/can-nasas-new-gluten-free-protein-powder-save-the-world-r5083/

A new protein powder, Solein, made out of nothing more than CO₂, water and electricity (well...uhhh...plus other stuff?). The result is a high-protein, flour-like product that contains 50 percent protein, 5–10 percent fat, and 20–25 percent carbohydrates. Based on a concept developed by NASA, the product has wide potential as a carbon-neutral source of protein. Best of all, it looks and tastes like regular flour, but is completely gluten-free.

[...]Solar Foods makes Solein by extracting CO₂ from air using carbon-capture technology, and then combines it with water, nutrients and vitamins, using 100 percent renewable solar energy from partner Fortum to drive a natural fermentation process similar to the one used to produce yeast and lactic acid bacteria.

The company claims its single-celled protein is "free from agricultural limitations." Solein's manufacturing process is carbon neutral and highly scalable. The company is set to make the ingredient available for a wide variety of food products following its launch in 2021.

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• Re:CO2 + H2O gives.... Re:CO2 + H2O gives.... (Score: 3, Interesting) by Snotnose on Friday March 13 2020, @02:30AM (2 children)

  by Snotnose (1623) on Friday March 13 2020, @02:30AM (#970511)

  From the first sentence:

  A new protein powder, Solein, made out of nothing more than CO₂, water and electricity

  Then the "(uhh, other stuff?)".

  Leads one to believe they're hyping the CO2 and H2O and hoping you don't notice the "vitamins and stuff" part.

  TBH, I didn't RTFA, just the summary. But hype is hype, and 9 times out of 10 hype is bullshit.

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• Re:CO2 + H2O gives.... Re:CO2 + H2O gives.... (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Friday March 13 2020, @03:01AM (1 child)

  by Gaaark (41) on Friday March 13 2020, @03:01AM (#970523) Journal

  I added the "(uhh, other stuff?)" because i thought: who are they trying to kid.

  "It's completely magic! _{plus slight of hand...nothing to see here...don't look at this}

  Seems interesting, but the way the article was written was a bit insulting to the intelligence.

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  • Re:CO2 + H2O gives.... (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 13 2020, @08:03PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 13 2020, @08:03PM (#970843)

    Makes me think of Feynman's story about the painter [everydayscientist.com] who says he makes yellow paint out of mixing red and white paints.

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