The R&D and market introduction facility announced by US biotech company Calysta last week may mark the start of real volumes of a viable protein substitute in aquaculture feed, with plans afoot for a 100,000 metric-ton US production plant expected later this year.
Harnessing destructive greenhouse gas methane to produce a protein suitable for fishmeal and soy substitution, Calysta would appear to have a winning formula.
“We’re arriving at the right time,” CEO Alan Shaw told IntraFish when we spoke to him following the announcement.
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