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Nature’s Packaging: Building Cutlery Without Plastic

Single-use plastic cutlery is one of the everyday items that has proved difficult to replace; it is cheap, lightweight, and produced at an enormous scale. But as pressure mounts to move away from fossil-based plastics, finding a material that can... Discover More

From Insect Byproduct to Farm Input: How InnoProtein Is Closing the Loop in Agriculture

InnoProtein has previously focused on creating high-quality protein from insects, particularly the black soldier fly. But what if byproducts of raising insects could also help grow better crops? This full-circle approach is exactly what InnoProtein aims to accomplish; not just nutritious proteins from undervalued resources, but a... Discover More

Putting Alternative Proteins to the Test: In vivo Digestibility for Alternative Proteins

As the InnoProtein project continues exploring more sustainable and nutritious protein sources, an important question remains: are these proteins safe, effective, and suitable for long-term consumption? Not all proteins are nutritionally equal. Protein quality depends not only on how much... Discover More

Alternative Proteins in Practice: What Comes After Cultivation?

Researchers with the InnoProtein consortium have been hard at work, developing high-quality protein ingredients from underutilized sources. But demonstrating how these alternative proteins fit into our world, from food to feed, to bio-sourced materials, is a new and exciting challenge.... Discover More