VIP Leaf (Vertical Indoor Protein from Leaf)

VIP Leaf（来自叶子的垂直室内蛋白质）

• 批准号: 10050842
• 金额: $ 93.97万
• 依托单位: VERTICAL FUTURE LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10050842
• 关键词: VIP; Leaf; Vertical; Indoor; Protein

Current consumption of meat is unsustainable for the planet and public health. Alternative protein sources are essential and **demand for plant-based protein is increasing**. Plant proteins used in UK food are mainly from imported soy and pea. The market is shifting away from soy due to deforestation and allergy concerns, and UK pea protein production remains low (4% arable land) due to perceptions of high-risk, low-yield and unprofitability. **CEA offers an alternative production space** and the advantage of enabling **new crops** to be grown in the UK that are incompatible with our climate, allowing a better diversification of our food-protein-sources.CEA systems are not yet commercially used in the production of plant-derived proteins, yet offer huge potential to **localise protein production** to food manufacturing sites, **reduce reliance on imports** and enable low water-use/agrochemical-free production. The economics of plant protein production and the uptake in the UK are significantly better than insect protein (nearest competitor) due to no feed-to-food conversion loss. A number of leafy crops including spinach, sunflower shoots and amaranth leaf **contain \>20% protein**. Amaranth has high lysine content (high-value amino acid to the vegan protein market), as well as health-promoting vitamins, minerals and antioxidants. CEA offers economically viable production with short time to harvest, reduced resource use and reduced land footprint.Our project will access leaf-derived protein for the burgeoning alternative protein market. We will test new sources of leaf protein, as well as further develop varieties, production and downstream processing methods for amaranth to open up vertical farming to the alternative protein sector and enable localizing of protein production to sites of food manufacture. This work will help meet UK challenges of i) **Net Zero Carbon** by 2050 (landuse change - plant protein production requires far less land/kg than meat protein; CEA has high yield/m2 and doesn't require agricultural-quality land), ii) **tackling growing obesity** with associated NHS costs (consumption of plant protein is linked to improved health), and iii) **Green Recovery** (CEA enables reduced food-miles, low waste/environmental pollution).

对于地球和公共卫生而言，目前的肉类消耗是不可持续的。替代蛋白质来源是必不可少的，对植物性蛋白质的需求正在增加**。英国食品中使用的植物蛋白主要来自进口大豆和豌豆。由于森林砍伐和过敏问题，该市场正在从大豆转移，并且由于对高风险，低产量和不合适性的看法，英国豌豆蛋白的产量仍然很低（4％可耕地）。 **CEA offers an alternative production space** and the advantage of enabling **new crops** to be grown in the UK that are incompatible with our climate, allowing a better diversification of our food-protein-sources.CEA systems are not yet commercially used in the production of plant-derived proteins, yet offer huge potential to **localise protein production** to food manufacturing sites, **reduce reliance on imports** and enable low水使用/无化学生产。由于没有饲料到食品转化率，英国植物蛋白产生和摄取的经济学明显优于昆虫蛋白（最近的竞争者）。许多绿叶作物，包括菠菜，向日葵芽和菜菜叶**含有\> 20％蛋白质**。 Amaranth具有较高的赖氨酸含量（素食蛋白市场的高价值氨基酸），以及促进健康的维生素，矿物质和抗氧化剂。 CEA提供经济可行的生产，短时间收获，减少资源使用和减少土地足迹。我们的项目将访问叶片衍生的蛋白质，以供新兴的替代蛋白质市场。我们将测试新的叶子蛋白质来源，并进一步开发amaranth的品种，生产和下游加工方法，以打开替代蛋白质领域的垂直耕作，并使蛋白质生产能够将蛋白质的生产定位到食品生产地点。 This work will help meet UK challenges of i) **Net Zero Carbon** by 2050 (landuse change - plant protein production requires far less land/kg than meat protein; CEA has high yield/m2 and doesn't require agricultural-quality land), ii) **tackling growing obesity** with associated NHS costs (consumption of plant protein is linked to improved health), and iii) **Green Recovery** (CEA enables reduced食品镜头，低废物/环境污染）。