The Launch of an Award Winning Production Process for Mycoprotein
13 Jan 2017 | 3FBio
This Rob Wires at the HIE in Frankfurt.
I'm here with Jim Laird, who is the CEO of 3 FBO, and the company just won the Startup Innovation Challenge Award here at at HIE.
Congratulations, Jim.
What, what is the product that you offer?
Yeah, delighted to be at HIE.
Our product is an integrated zero waste process.
We produce microprotein, and microprotein is a very high quality protein, solely commercialized under the brand corn just now, but our process is looking to half the cost.
And make it a genuine protein for global proteins solution for growing populations.
Can you explain the process very briefly to me?
The process combines two very established established processes.
It first takes the bio refinery process to make bioethanol, which uses a wheat or a grain feedstock, and combines that with the microprotein fermentation process, which is from a source of glucose.
We're combining the two and buy cheaper feedstock.
Replacing glucose with wheat hydrolas, we take about a 30% cost out.
That's from the zero waste process.
We take a further 20% of the cost out.
How close are you to commercialization of this?
I think we've demonstrated proof of concept at lab scale.
Our next phase is working with a technology partner next year.
We'd forecast the first microprotein using our technology scale in 2020.
OK, very good, thanks you.
