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China’s fermentation giants eye mycoprotein
China's largest fermentation manufacturers are redirecting production capacity toward mycoprotein and other alternative proteins. That is according to a new report from the Good Food Institute APAC, authored by researcher Dr. Dirk van der Kley. The report links the shift…
Oman pilots recycled water to grow biofuel crop camelina
Nama Water Services has launched a pilot project in Oman to grow camelina, a crop widely used in biofuel production, using recycled water. The initiative is being carried out in partnership with Hema Energy. The project supports Nama's sustainability strategy…
Lignopure brings lignin out of the waste stream and into cosmetics, coatings
Lignin has spent decades as industry's leftover. Pulp and paper mills produce more than 50 million tonnes of it a year. Most of it gets burned for fuel instead of put to higher use. Hamburg-based Lignopure wants to change that.…
nova-Institute to host chemical industry defossilisation summit
The Renewable Materials Conference will take place from 22 to 24 September in Siegburg, near Cologne, Germany, and online. Hosted by nova-Institute, this year's event carries the theme "Defossilisation through Innovation." The conference centers on replacing fossil carbon with renewable…
Dyadic strikes new deal for precision-fermented dairy proteins
Dyadic International has signed a new development and commercial license agreement with a European biotechnology company. The deal will add more precision-fermented dairy proteins to Dyadic's growing food and nutrition pipeline. The Jupiter, Florida-based company uses its Dapibus platform to…
Spanish researchers turn coffee waste into biofuel
Researchers at Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV) in Spain have developed a new method to turn spent coffee grounds into a raw material for biofuel production. The process could offer a cleaner alternative to how coffee waste is currently handled.…