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Grass protein – a climate-friendly alternative to soy with export potential
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Grass protein – a climate-friendly alternative to soy with export potential
One way to reduce negative environmental and climate impacts of food production is through production of more sustainable protein sources. In Europe including Denmark, there is an increased focus on reducing import of protein used for food and feed, such as import of soya from South America. Here, protein from grass is an attractive alternative.
Grass contain protein that can be extracted by biorefining and used for animal feed and human food. AAU experts are researching on methods to make green biorefining more effective and thereby provide sustainable, climate-friendly and plant-based food and feed.
In addition to reducing the climate impact of protein production, the Danish green biorefining industry has a great export potential. However, this requires the development of processes that can selectively extract grass protein suitable for human food and not just for animal feed.
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Until now, proteins from soya proteins have been the "golden standard" in the food industry. Therefore, we see an unmet need to understand the different functional properties of the proteins from grass in order to produce new, better and more climate-friendly foods. This is among the subjects we are investigating at Aalborg University
Right now, she is part of the GUDP project "Græs4Food", where Aalborg University together with the industrial partners Biomass Protein, GreenLab, Thise Dairy and MMS Nordic will develop a food process in a biorefinery. In the process, feed protein and fertilizer are produced at the same time.
