Breakfast containing solein - protein powder made from 'thin air'. Photo: Solar Foods
Creating food from 'thin air' sounds like a futuristic dream.
But it's a future that's already arrived in the form of Solar Foods - Europe's first factory dedicated to making human food from electricity and air. What started with hydrogen oxidising microbes has resulted in Solein - a non-farmed yellowish protein product.
After several years of lab experiments, production is underway in Vantaa, near the Finnish capital of Helsinki. The goal? To produce 160 tonnes of food a year.
Solar Foods co-founder and chief executive Pasi Vainikka says Solein is a crucial next step in the food revolution.
