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# Scientists Make Food from CO2 and Electricity

September 11, 2017 by Tushar Imade / 0

Researchers have productively made protein powder utilizing carbon dioxide and electricity. This is an advancement that might assist battle hunger and food scarcity all over the world.

The whole process needs only water, electricity, microbes, and carbon dioxide. The technique releases production of food from restrictions concerning to the environment since the protein can be made wherever renewable energy, such as wind energy, is obtainable, researchers claimed to the media. “In practice, all the resources are accessible from the air. In the coming time, the technology can be transferred to deserts and other areas encountering famine,” claimed Principal Scientist at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Juha-Pekka Pitkanen, to the media in an interview.

After revealing the resources in a bioreactor to electrolysis, the procedure forms a powder that comprises of over 25% carbohydrates and 50% protein. This texture can also be modified by chaining the microbes utilized in the production, the local media reported this week. The protein made can be utilized as a food replacement as well, therefore letting go land areas for different reasons, such as forestry. The procedure enables food to be made where it is required, researchers claimed.

“In the long run, protein made with electricity is intended to be utilized in products and cooking as it is. The mixture is extremely nutritious, with over 25% carbohydrates and 50% protein. The rest is nucleic acids and fats,” Pitkanen claimed to the media in a statement. “The steadiness of the final outcome can be alerted by modifying the organisms utilized in the manufacturing,” Pitkanen further added. As per the estimates by the scientists, the procedure of making food from electricity can be almost 10 times energy efficient as compared to ordinary photosynthesis. Ordinary photosynthesis is utilized for farming of soy and different products.

Presently, the making of 1 Gram of protein takes almost 2 Weeks by utilizing laboratory tools that are about the dimension of a coffee cup, researchers claimed to the media. The next move is to make the material in quantities enough for testing and development of food products and fodder. This will also enable a commercialization to be done, researchers claimed further.

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