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This is our world.
Our home.

For thousands of years, we have burdened it with the way we grow food.

Over 40%

of all habitable land on Earth is used for our livestock production.

The global fish catch peaked over 20 years ago.

Our planet’s resources are dwindling.

Until now.

We have discovered a new way of growing food.

Food out
of thin air.

Yes, you read that one correctly.

We are now able to produce natural protein with almost

nothing but electricity and air.

Humanity will no longer be dependent on agriculture, climate or the weather.

We are disconnecting food production from agriculture to produce the world’s most sustainable protein.

Protein that will never run out.

Our solution

combines revolutionary technology with a tiny microorganism found in nature.

The technology is a hyperdrive version of a natural process.

We milk water from the air for the microbes to live in and use natural fermentation to make them grow and multiply.

Using single-celled organisms to ferment food and drinks has been used for thousands of years.

It’s the same method used to make beer and wine.

Instead of yeast and sugar, we feed our microbes tiny bubbles of CO2 and nutrients.

The microorganisms grow and multiply in a process that is 20 times more efficient than photosynthesis.

After it has been dried, we end up with a nutrient-dense powder.

We call it Solein®

Solein is protein in its most natural form. It has been around even longer than our other foods have.

Solein is a novel protein that will define the future of food.

It can be used to replace conventional protein in virtually any food.

Solein has a distinct yellow colour and it can taste like anything.

Our Impact

Solein uses 100 times less water than plant production and up to 600 times less than the production of beef.

Solein emits five times less greenhouse gases than plant production and 200 times less than beef production.

Land use for Solein is 20 times more efficient than for plant production and 200 times more efficient than for beef production.

Liberating protein production

Our solution enables food production with less resources, less space and less time. It enables us to feed the growing population in a sustainable way.

Litres of water used in the production of 1 kg of protein

Beef

Up to 600 000 litres

Litres of water used in the production of 1 kg of protein

Up to 570 000 litres

Litres of water used in the production of 1 kg of protein

Up to 540 000 litres

Litres of water used in the production of 1 kg of protein

Up to 510 000 litres

Litres of water used in the production of 1 kg of protein

Up to 480 000 litres

Litres of water used in the production of 1 kg of protein

Up to 450 000 litres

Litres of water used in the production of 1 kg of protein

Up to 420 000 litres

Litres of water used in the production of 1 kg of protein

Up to 390 000 litres

Litres of water used in the production of 1 kg of protein

Up to 360 000 litres

Litres of water used in the production of 1 kg of protein

Up to 330 000 litres

Litres of water used in the production of 1 kg of protein

Up to 300 000 litres

Litres of water used in the production of 1 kg of protein

Up to 250 000 litres

Litres of water used in the production of 1 kg of protein

Up to 200 000 litres

Litres of water used in the production of 1 kg of protein

Up to 150 000 litres

Litres of water used in the production of 1 kg of protein

Plants

Up to 100 000 litres

Litres of water used in the production of 1 kg of protein

Up to 94 000 litres

Litres of water used in the production of 1 kg of protein

Up to 88 000 litres

Litres of water used in the production of 1 kg of protein

Up to 82 000 litres

Litres of water used in the production of 1 kg of protein

Up to 76 000 litres

Litres of water used in the production of 1 kg of protein

Up to 70 000 litres

Litres of water used in the production of 1 kg of protein

Up to 64 000 litres

Litres of water used in the production of 1 kg of protein

Up to 58 000 litres

Litres of water used in the production of 1 kg of protein

Up to 52 000 litres

Litres of water used in the production of 1 kg of protein

Up to 46 000 litres

Litres of water used in the production of 1 kg of protein

Up to 40 000 litres

Litres of water used in the production of 1 kg of protein

Up to 34 000 litres

Litres of water used in the production of 1 kg of protein

Up to 28 000 litres

Litres of water used in the production of 1 kg of protein

Up to 22 000 litres

Litres of water used in the production of 1 kg of protein

Up to 16 000 litres

Litres of water used in the production of 1 kg of protein

Up to 10 000 litres

Litres of water used in the production of 1 kg of protein

Solein

1 000 litres

Emissions kg CO2-eq / kg protein

Beef

200 kg

Emissions kg CO2-eq / kg protein

190 kg

Emissions kg CO2-eq / kg protein

180 kg

Emissions kg CO2-eq / kg protein

170 kg

Emissions kg CO2-eq / kg protein

160 kg

Emissions kg CO2-eq / kg protein

150 kg

Emissions kg CO2-eq / kg protein

140 kg

Emissions kg CO2-eq / kg protein

130 kg

Emissions kg CO2-eq / kg protein

120 kg

Emissions kg CO2-eq / kg protein

110 kg

Emissions kg CO2-eq / kg protein

100 kg

Emissions kg CO2-eq / kg protein

90 kg

Emissions kg CO2-eq / kg protein

80 kg

Emissions kg CO2-eq / kg protein

70 kg

Emissions kg CO2-eq / kg protein

60 kg

Emissions kg CO2-eq / kg protein

50 kg

Emissions kg CO2-eq / kg protein

40 kg

Emissions kg CO2-eq / kg protein

30 kg

Emissions kg CO2-eq / kg protein

20 kg

Emissions kg CO2-eq / kg protein

10 kg

Emissions kg CO2-eq / kg protein

Plants

5 kg

Emissions kg CO2-eq / kg protein

4 kg

Emissions kg CO2-eq / kg protein

3 kg

Emissions kg CO2-eq / kg protein

2 kg

Emissions kg CO2-eq / kg protein

Solein

1 kg

The land area used in production of 1 kg protein

Beef

200m²

The land area used in production of 1 kg protein

190m²

The land area used in production of 1 kg protein

180m²

The land area used in production of 1 kg protein

170m²

The land area used in production of 1 kg protein

160m²

The land area used in production of 1 kg protein

150m²

The land area used in production of 1 kg protein

140m²

The land area used in production of 1 kg protein

130m²

The land area used in production of 1 kg protein

120m²

The land area used in production of 1 kg protein

110m²

The land area used in production of 1 kg protein

100m²

The land area used in production of 1 kg protein

90m²

The land area used in production of 1 kg protein

80m²

The land area used in production of 1 kg protein

70m²

The land area used in production of 1 kg protein

60m²

The land area used in production of 1 kg protein

50m²

The land area used in production of 1 kg protein

40m²

The land area used in production of 1 kg protein

30m²

The land area used in production of 1 kg protein

Plants

20m²

The land area used in production of 1 kg protein

18m²

The land area used in production of 1 kg protein

16m²

The land area used in production of 1 kg protein

14m²

The land area used in production of 1 kg protein

12m²

The land area used in production of 1 kg protein

10m²

The land area used in production of 1 kg protein

8m²

The land area used in production of 1 kg protein

6m²

The land area used in production of 1 kg protein

4m²

The land area used in production of 1 kg protein

2m²

The land area used in production of 1 kg protein

Solein

1m²

We are launching a food revolution.

Solein production revolutionises food production for good, as the production is not dependent on agriculture, the weather or the climate.

Our protein production can happen in the desert, the Arctic or even on Mars.

The liberation of protein production starts now.

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