Commercializing fermentation technology for pet food applications
Also featuring in the Top 10 most read stories since January was an article about a tie-up between precision fermentation technology company, Bond Pet Foods, and US major, Hill's Pet Nutrition.
Bond said the move represented a major milestone toward it commercializing its fermentation technology for pet food applications.
Bond sources DNA extracted from a blood sample from a live chicken, and then, using a fermentation process, the company’s R&D experts combine that DNA with yeast and put into a fermentation tank, where it is fed sugars, vitamins, and minerals. Once it reaches a certain density and composition, the fermented meat protein is dried and ground into a powder.
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