NovoNutrients has announced successful production of protein from carbon dioxide, with quality virtually identical to beef: "beef-quality protein, without the cow." Based on independent test data from Medallion Labs, NovoNutrients' protein ingredient outperformed published scores for conventional plant protein ingredients, like the soy and pea protein concentrates and isolates used in meat substitute foods; it also outscored innovative new ingredients, like nutritional fungi protein. NovoNutrients Protein achieved a 1.14, equal to the score for beef, in Protein Digestibility Corrected Amino Acid Score (PDCAAS) for ages three and up.
NovoNutrients' technology has the potential to produce hundreds of millions of tons of high-quality protein, in the coming years, while consuming a similar amount of carbon dioxide, but using only a small fraction of the water and land needed for conventional protein production.