DSM’s Remco van Es, business manager, said: “After our initial analysis of climate change impacts on global agricultural output in the context of a growing world population, we realised that mining for food components like proteins from vegetable agricultural side streams or biorefineries could play an important role as part of a solution.
“When it comes to the nitrogen cycle, our planet’s sustainable limits have already been exceeded by at least 200%. It is only logical to investigate possibilities to harvest protein from currently underdeveloped sources like rice bran.”
NutraCea’s CEO, W John Short, said: “This joint research and development agreement between DSM and NutraCea provides the opportunity for our two companies to join forces in the development and potential commercialisation of protein from rice bran targeted to human food and ingredient applications. The intrinsic product characteristics of rice bran can serve as a valuable additional protein source for our growing world population.”
Source: NutraCea
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