/ck/ - Food & Cooking

“One of the reasons why meat has become so important to our diets is that it is an excellent source of high quality protein. Solein – the protein produced by Solar Foods – also contains all the essential amino acids, but because it is produced using carbon dioxide and electricity it does not require large amounts of land to produce,” the Solar Foods website explains. “Another unique characteristic of Solein is that it is able to take carbon directly from carbon dioxide without needing a source of sugar. Other processes that utilize microbes for protein production, for example egg albumen or milk protein, require agricultural land for producing the carbon source.”

While Solar Foods does not expect Solein to challenge conventional protein production methods in the next two decades, it does expect it to become a “new harvest” for humanity, which is significant considering so far we have only relied on plants and animals for sustenance. The Helsinki-based company plans to open its first Solein factory at the end of 2021 and scale up production to two billion meals per year by 2022.

electrolysis of water doesnt produce carbon dioxide

What's the catch? Seems too good to be true.

>>12604338
>Living microbes are then added to the liquid
Congratulations, you invented yeast extract

>>12604374
How do you cook with it?

>>12604374
when you swallow it it'll slow shock the inside of your tummy and cause some bad tummy aches B

Sounds like literal space food.

>>12604425
The dried Solein has a protein content of 50 percent and looks and tastes just like wheat flour. It can be used in all kinds of diets and can be 3D-printed for added texture.

Sounds cool if we have something like that in the future.

>>12604338
Are these bacteria performing their own nitrogen fixation or is it being added?

>>12604380
I've got a new patent coming in for growing meat, based on grass, air, and water. Just add bovine macrobes

>>12604338
>carbon dioxide through electrifying water
wrong.

my sci fi boner is R O C K hard. time too cash out my crypto and invest in air flour

>>12604784
who said they produced carbon dioxide?

>>12604338
Sounds like grotesque numale shit

>>12604790
whoever wrote the article
>Solein is is made by applying electricity to water to release bubbles of carbon dioxide and hydrogen.

>>12604338
I have some on me right here. It's also literally just yeast extract.

>>12604795
Nah that's meat and dairy.

>>12604795
Soiboys move over, soleinboys are here

>>12604338
Sounds great but
>water
>two hydrogen, one oxygen
>some minerals, since I assume we're not talking distilled water
>apply electricity
>????
>carbon dioxide
Can some chemist or physicist explain where did the carbon come from?

>trusting finnishs with the future of food.

>>12605057
Worst is the nitrogen that magically appears to make amine chains for protein. This is probably the "air" part, where "air" is anything they want in gas form.
The thing is, they are feeding yeast and removing extract.

>>12604781
exactly. Retarded “invention”

>>12605089
Memes, the food of the future.

>>12604338
Sounds like if I take a couple shots of hydrogen peroxide it will be much cheaper and have the same benefits, lol!

>>12605057
Air has carbon dioxide so they use that.
The idea is also to be able to use renewable electricity to do the process.

>>12604374
probably tastes like yeasty shit and takes tons of energy to actually produce, and almost certainly more than just getting whey from milk and eggs or something.

These kinds of things always start out as noble ventures. Then, a hundred years later, you're eating one government-issued Solein pill a day because food has been made illegal to reduce the carbon footprint while the wealthy elites zip around eating steaks on their private planes.

>soylein
OOOOH I'M SO EXCITED ITS LIKE SOYLENT 2 WOOOOO

>>12604374
>What's the catch? Seems too good to be true.
The catch is whoever wrote this:
>https://www.odditycentral.com/foods/solein-the-wonder-food-made-from-electricity-water-and-air.html
>Solein – The Wonder Food Made from Electricity, Water And Air
>Finnish startup Solar Foods has come up with a way to produce a protein-rich food called Solein from electricity, water and air
Is retarded and/or extremely dishonest. They keep on saying it's made from water, electricity, and air when the part that actually makes it is the bacteria they use for fermentation.
It's like if I said:
>Beef Jerky! Made from only* salt, air, and heat!
>...
>*Also meat.

>>12604338
>Living microbes are then added to

Soo we replace acres of solar powered farmland with acres of coal powered bacteria farms? Sounds like a meh deal at best

>>12605337
Well we know that’s not true, it is essentially an advertisement. He’s asking about the benefits of said food. There MUST be a down side to a food that convenient and nutrient dense.

>>12606665
>He’s asking about the benefits of said food. There MUST be a down side to a food that convenient and nutrient dense.
It's just protein powder. What are you talking about? The entire thing was about it being made from "electricity, water, and air." The nutritional information was just that it's protein. The convenience was how it's made from "electricity, water, and air."

>>12605405
You'll eat your nutrient slurry and like it, we all have to do our part for the environment. Now if you'll sxcuse me while I eat a gold encrusted steak on my private jet.

>>12604340
>why meat has become so important to our diets is that it is an excellent source of high quality protein
Are they fucking willfully ignorant? Yes, because plant proteins are superior given that human physiology is adapted to process these sources of protein far better than anything else.

>>12606677
But who would actually believe that? Honestly that was so silly sounding I assumed he was talking about the ease and usefulness of the finished product.
Yeah it is essentially protein powder, but to make protein powder you need to do a bunch of random shit to make it edible. This stuff is already 50% protein and the source of it just some bacteria.
That makes it seem like it could sustain a population.
Even knowing that the “air water and electricity!” thing is bullshit it still seems awfully convenient.