Promise from KnipBio

VERY much at the other end of its development phase from Calysta is another new single cell protein, recently unveiled by the Massachusetts based biotechnology company, KnipBio.

Working in collaboration with the New England Aquarium, the University of Massachusetts in Boston, Roger Williams University, and the USDA Agriculture Research Service, KnipBio has used the bacteria Methylobac a composition of protein and amino acids which is ‘very similar’ to the

tween 30 per cent and 100 per cent of the company’s pelleted bacterium an upbeat development statement.

‘Our results indicate that a diet made up of single cell protein can serve as a high quality alternative in aquaculture feeds,’ said Larry Feinberg, CEO of KnipBio. Feinberg also made a major claim for the new protein in relation to its potential production base, compared to soy. oMeal as a replacement for agricultural

‘An estimated 100-acre KnipBio facility can match the protein production of a 10,000-acre soy operation, dramatically reducing the environmental footprint for production.’