Sustainable and tailored production of fungal proteins to accelerate acceptance of alternative food
Objectives
- To identify and develop edible fungal strains to produce nutritious alternative proteins
- To demonstrate scalability of fungal proteins production
Project overview

Summary of screening results for selected strains

Food side streams as fermentation feedstocks
Tray and packed-bed SSF

Aerial mycelial via semi-solid cultivation

Mushroom cultivation

Application and prototype development
The fungi-bread patty: nutrient enriched burger which can replace soybean burger

Oncom reimagined: veggie waste & F9022 mycelium

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