Coming soon is sawdust burgers, the new faux meat

NoA stands for “no animal.” The company is based in Durham, North Carolina and was cofounded by French biotech entrepreneur Gilles Amsallem and Dutch executive Koen Wentink, who serves as CEO.

“In a nutshell, we convert woody biomass into a substrate on which mushrooms grow,” Wentink said. “That biomass can be anything: sawdust, wood residue left over from wood processing companies, or undergrowth in the forest.”

“Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. I have given you all things, even as the green herbs.” Genesis 9:3

They graft the mushrooms onto the substrate, let them grow, then process their harvest into a fungi-based product that has a protein content similar to meat. The finished product can be eaten as burgers or other ways a person would use meat, such as in pasta sauce or as a pizza topping.

The leftover substrate is full of nutrients. So animal lovers that they are, the folks at NoA feed it to insects. Or use it as bio-fertilizer. It’s a genius plan. Biomass is cheap or sometimes free. The company is making food out of waste products without creating any additional waste. Nor do they have to cut any trees, since they use sawdust and other forest products that are leftovers from previously felled trees.

Plus, the company avoids both supply chain issues and climate impacts.

In Habitat.com HERE

Thanks VS