Is a sustainable, local alternative to palm oil possible? The research consortium NextVegOil from Aachen, Bochum, Düsseldorf and Münster is aiming to develop a commercial-scale process for producing a microbial oil similar to palm oil from agricultural waste in the future. A specially modified unicellular fungus will do the work. In the project, which is funded by the Bioeconomy Science Center (BioSC) and involves two research groups from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU), the aim is then to produce vegan cheese based on the palm oil substitute in cooperation with a start-up based in Berlin and Bonn.
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Source: Phys.org