Hinoman Presents First Green Protein Revolution Solution

10 Jun 2015 --- Israeli food technology specialist, Hinoman, has developed a system that enables producers to grow vegetable protein in an eco-friendly system, 24/7, summer or winter, outdoors or indoors.

The company has created a cultivation system to address one of the major challenges in healthy food product development. The groundbreaking technology grows a high-protein, leafy green vegetable quickly and safely to ensure a consistent supply 365 days/year.

Hinoman’s proprietary, eco-friendly cultivation system utilizes closed-environment, yet economically competitive, advanced hydroponics technology to completely control and optimize the plants’ growth. It ensures the plants are pure, clean, uncontaminated and free from pesticides and other non-desired residues. The resulting vegetable exceeds food safety and food security requirements under the very strictest standards.

According to consumer research, global protein consumption will reach 943 million metric tons (MMT) by 2054, rising at a 8.6% CAGR from the current 473 MMT. Whole protein sources (such as algae, insects and Hinoman’s new vegetable solution) must pick up the slack of slowing and unsustainable meat and seafood growth. These sources could claim as much as 33% of total protein supply by 2054.

“We hope our high-tech technology can contribute not just to reducing global malnutrition challenges, but also toward how people will eat healthy, sustainable food in the future,” says Ron Salpeter, CEO for Hinoman. “It is exciting to lead the Hinoman team and help pave the way toward production of continuous, year-round and inexpensive whole vegetarian protein.”

“Hinoman’s revolutionary eco-green technology is effective on small, large or even industrial scales,” explains Udi Alroy, VP of Business Development for Hinoman. “This new food-tech platform can be easily scaled up to meet both immediate and long-term demands. Decision makers in food companies must choose safe, careful and reliable suppliers, especially when it comes to clean, environmentally friendly protein sources. Hinoman offers a complete, innovative package for a highly nutritious, trusted and safe supply of this critical nutrient, at an affordable and stable cost.”

Alroy told FoodIngredientsFirst: "Hinoman's technology is based on few characteristics, including year-round cultivation and a cultivation algorithm for a high yield crop which yields a 45% whole protein plant."

"We are scaling up the technology to enable us to finalize it by year end," he continued. He confirmed that Hinoman's technology and product are targeted at a strain of the Duckweed family of aqua plants.

"The technology is based and provided through a cultivation system developed in the last few years. It is part of the site management tools, providing a precision agriculture for a manageable vegetable cultivation resulting in an highly pure product. The highly automated system with low need for labor, which suits current farming as the average farmer's age is increasing and few young farmers are joining the force."

Alroy continued: "The technology can be used by a variety of growers around the world, it is provided via our tech transfer remote technology of Hinoman's cultivation algorithm. The system's high yield cultivation enables us to provide a high ratio of protein per hectare - it is by far the highest yield ever achieved in a cultivation for protein from around the world. Hinoman's solution is not only a high yield solution but a sustainable one accompanied with a low ecological footprint as well as there being no need for arable land for cultivation."

By Kelly Worgan