alternative proteins

Peter Rowe, CEO at Deep Branch (R) and Marc van Doorn of Brightlands Chemelot Campus (L)

Deep Branch’s tech converting industrial emissions to animal feed secures €2.5M

Using microbes to convert carbon dioxide from industrial emissions into a new type of single-cell protein called Proton, Deep Branch has developed a low carbon animal feed with a nutritional profile that is comparable with fishmeal, the gold-standard protein source in aquafeed. The company has secured €2.5 million of EIC Accelerator funding to build a new facility at the Netherlands-based Brightlands Chemelot Campus.

28/10/2020

Transforming Food ProductionThorvald-robot-in-field-credit University-of-Lincoln

Transforming Food Production announces 9 innovative projects

Agri-TechE members are leading innovative projects that will benefit from the £24 million Transforming Food Production initiative. Nine ambitious projects will see big data, AI and robotics applied to UK farming and new production systems created for alternative proteins.

23/07/2020

DryGro raises £3.8m funding to provide an alternative protein for livestock feed

DryGro studies and cultivates high-protein varieties, with a core aim of providing a sustainable animal feed alternative to soy, in particular in growing Lemna in a sub-saharan climate.

27/05/2020