“Lab-grown milk is considered the next food frontier,” says Dr Diana Bogueva, of Curtin University’s Sustainability Policy Institute, citing the growing popularity of dairy alternatives. Compared with dairy production, synthetic milk is likely to have a smaller carbon footprint and cause less pollution, and obviously eliminates animal welfare concerns, she says.
Most synthetic dairy companies are focusing on producing milk proteins using a process known as precision fermentation. It involves genetically programming yeast or other microorganisms using synthetic DNA to produce a specific protein. Jim Fader, the co-founder of Eden Brew, compares the process to beer brewing.
Synthetic milk technology is ‘less about trying to displace cows everywhere from dairy’ but ‘augmenting supply’, Jim Fader says.Eden Brew is producing six proteins that are most abundant in milk. Once brewed, these will be purified and dried. All G Foods is focusing its efforts on whey proteins. The firm’s plant-based meat products are already served in commercial burger chains and sold in some supermarkets.
While we are at the C02 ---food problem, why isn't there bugs in pet food? Oh? We have to eat the bugs?
This is far better than dairy milk which is horrible for the environment