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Novo Nordisk Foundation-Backed React Foods Turns Gases Into Yeast Protein

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React Foods has spun out of Aarhus University to commercialise a fermentation technology that turns CO2 and hydrogen into a protein-rich yeast biomass, backed by a loan of 4.2 million kroner ($645,000).

The gas protein sector’s newest entrant is a startup built on cross-institutional research.

Danish firm React Foods is a spinout from Aarhus University, looking to commercialise research conducted by the country’s second-largest university in collaboration with Stanford University, the University of Tübingen, and the Novo Nordisk Foundation CO₂ Research Center (CORC).

It has just received 4.2 million kroner ($645,000) in a convertible loan from the latest tranche of investments from Bioinnovation Institute, an accelerator funded by the Novo Nordisk Foundation.

Source: Novo Nordisk Foundation-Backed React Foods Turns Gases Into Yeast Protein

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