Singapore first to approve protein ‘made from air’


Singapore is the first to grant approval for the yellow protein Solein created by Finnish start-up Solar Foods. - SOLAR FOODS

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Come 2024, consumers will be able to tuck into bread, pasta and plant-based meats that are infused with protein from a powder made from single-cell organisms and common gases from the air.

Singapore will be the first country to try the yellow microbe-based protein Solein – created by Finnish start-up Solar Foods – as it is the first to grant approval for the novel food.

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