{"id":725991,"date":"2022-01-16T21:01:21","date_gmt":"2022-01-16T20:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/?post_type=trend&#038;p=725991"},"modified":"2026-03-15T21:38:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T20:38:13","slug":"precision-fermentation-milk-protein-by-fermentation","status":"publish","type":"trend","link":"https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/en\/insights\/trends\/precision-fermentation-milk-protein-by-fermentation\/","title":{"rendered":"Precision Fermentation: Milk proteins through fermentation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-precision-fermentation\">Precision Fermentation<\/h1>\n\n<p class=\"is-style-serif has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">After various companies have managed to crack the &#8220;meat code&#8221; plant-based and now successfully imitate burger patties, chicken schnitzel or gyros with mainly soy and peas, it is now on to the other foods of animal origin such as milk, ice cream, yogurt and cheese. An extremely promising process here is &#8220;precision fermentation&#8221;, which is currently bringing media attention to &#8220;Lab-Grown Dairy&#8221; in particular. The future prospects for potential customers of the companies active here are more than rosy: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.food-service.de\/praxis\/gesetze\/umfrage--alternative-proteine-pflanzliche-ernaehrung-im-aufwind-50002\">in Germany alone , around one in three would like to<\/a> reduce their consumption of dairy products.    <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/FoodTrendRadar-Food-PrecisionFermentation-1920x1280.jpg\" alt=\"Precision Fermentation: Milk proteins through fermentation\" class=\"wp-image-633869\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/FoodTrendRadar-Food-PrecisionFermentation-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/FoodTrendRadar-Food-PrecisionFermentation-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/FoodTrendRadar-Food-PrecisionFermentation-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/FoodTrendRadar-Food-PrecisionFermentation-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/FoodTrendRadar-Food-PrecisionFermentation-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/FoodTrendRadar-Food-PrecisionFermentation-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/FoodTrendRadar-Food-PrecisionFermentation-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/FoodTrendRadar-Food-PrecisionFermentation-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/FoodTrendRadar-Food-PrecisionFermentation-500x334.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"is-style-serif has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Startup <a href=\"https:\/\/perfectdayfoods.com\/\">Perfect Day<\/a> says &#8220;Change the process, not the food.&#8221; and offers plant-based dairy products without the drawbacks of factory farming, lactose, hormones or antibiotics. After ice cream, you now develop cheese and yogurt. The highlight: fungal fermentation makes it possible to produce milk proteins, i.e. whey and casein proteins, that are identical to those in milk. Last year, Perfect Day launched its first commercial product, an animal-free dessert developed with Brave Robot ice cream. And <a href=\"https:\/\/vegconomist.com\/science\/fungi-based-egg-white\/\">researchers at the University of Helsinki<\/a> in Finland have used precision fermentation to develop the first mushroom-based protein , one of the most important protein ingredients in the food industry.    <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/FoodTrendRadar-Food-PrecisionFermentation2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-633873\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/FoodTrendRadar-Food-PrecisionFermentation2.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/FoodTrendRadar-Food-PrecisionFermentation2-960x720.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/FoodTrendRadar-Food-PrecisionFermentation2-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/FoodTrendRadar-Food-PrecisionFermentation2-480x360.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/FoodTrendRadar-Food-PrecisionFermentation2-200x150.jpeg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"is-style-sans-serif wp-block-paragraph\">Best practices: <a href=\"https:\/\/perfectdayfoods.com\/\"><strong>PERFECT DAY FOODS<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/qoacompany.com\/\"><strong>QOA<\/strong><\/a><strong>, <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legendairyfoods.de\/\"><strong>FORMO<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"is-style-sans-serif wp-block-paragraph\">Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/pwcKF7L4-no\">Unsplash<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenqueen.com.hk\/perfect-day-dairy-identical-late-stage-funding\/\">Green Queen<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Precision Fermentation After various companies have managed to crack the &#8220;meat code&#8221; plant-based and now [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":633870,"template":"","trend_category":[1538],"trend_status":[1208],"trend_group":[],"trend_timeframe":[1211],"class_list":["post-725991","trend","type-trend","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","trend_category-food-en","trend_status-steep-thesis","trend_timeframe-tomorrow"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.2 (Yoast SEO v28.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Precision Fermentation: Milk proteins through fermentation - MILK.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Precision Fermentation: Milk proteins by fermentation. 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