Alternative methods of producing proteins offer exciting opportunities for creating vegan alternatives to animal-based products and ingredients. Some of these even promise to create ‘animal proteins, without the animal’.

But with high costs for development and production, how can you be sure you are on the right track? Emma Teuling, Project Manager Protein Functionality Herwig Bachmann at NIZO, tells us about the hurdles of making techniques such as precision fermentation feasible.