Sustainable food can be conjured out of thin air.
Now a Hamburg-based startup has used CO2 to manufacture oil alternatives. CO2 is placed in a bioreactor with different bacteria and converted into oil.
Using yeast makes the oil suitable for cosmetic or cleaning products; oxyhydrogen bacteria, meanwhile, means it can be used for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), lubricant or bioplastics for packaging materials.
By 2030, the team is aiming to have processed over a million tons of CO2. The team’s patented fermentation process generates 100 times less CO2 than conventional methods of producing vegetable oils.
Whereas alternatives to food-grade palm oil make do with sugarcane and corn waste.Â
