Unibio, the sustainable protein company, today released new research by Aquareg, the independent Danish Eco-Consultancy, with assistance from Deloitte, which shows that 31 million hectares of new farmland, equivalent to all the arable land in Germany and France combined, would need to be planted with soy alone by 2050 to deliver the additional protein the world will need to feed itself.
COP26 – Stop deforestation
However, global leaders at the recent COP26 Climate Summit recognised the critical impact of deforestation on climate change, and one of the key commitments reached at the Summit was to halt and reverse forest loss and land degradation by 2030.
Possible to stop deforestation
Unibio has developed a sustainable protein derived from natural microbial fermentation, which it is now producing at an industrial scale, the first company in the world to do so. With the production method it is possible to produce unlimited amounts of protein to feed the world's growing population and prevent the deforestation.
Heavily growing population – a new solution is needed
David Henstrom, Chief Executive Officer, Unibio says, 'With the global population forecast to reach almost 10 billion people by 2050, an increase of 25 percent of today's population, more food will be needed than has ever been produced before in the history of the world combined to feed them. This food has to come from somewhere.
'In recent years, much of the expansion of production has come from the 'Brazilian savannah', the Cerrado, where one hectare of virgin Cerrado stores around 137 tons of CO2 equivalent. Protecting 31 million hectares of Cerrado would save 4,148 million tons of CO2 from being emitted – or 134 million tons/year, roughly twice Denmark's total annual emissions. Similarly, the production of fishmeal can put undue stress on marine ecosystems with the production of just one ton of fishmeal requiring the capture and processing of around 135,000 fish. Peru alone processes over 4-7 million tonnes of fish per year, equivalent to between 160 and 280 billion anchoveta.'
Let's join forces
David Henstrom adds, 'We urge all global leaders to join forces in accelerating the adoption of alternative proteins, such as Unibio's groundbreaking Uniprotein®, to help reduce the pressures of deforestation and prevent land-use change. The world is facing an unprecedented environmental stress with the threat of increased deforestation, habitat and biodiversity loss, and the accelerating damage to our ecosystems. This is why the adoption of alternative sources of protein, in order to feed the ever-growing population, is of paramount importance.'
Unibio's innovative, continuous-flow, natural, microbial fermentation process uses its proprietary U-Loop® technology to produce Uniprotein®. Uniprotein® is a high-quality alternative protein, which can replace products such as fish meal and concentrated soya in feed for fish and other animals, such as pigs. Unibio's technology enables production of more sustainable protein in very large and scalable volumes to help meet the world's growing protein needs.
Uniprotein® is a close substitute to high-quality fishmeal (LT Fishmeal), but it can also substitute highly concentrated soy product, both being increasingly scarce resources. In addition, the product has been shown to be safe to use in piglet feed compound as a starter feed, in partial supplement of potato protein. Unibio's technology has been proven at industrial scale and has been commercially shipped, for example to the Danish compound feed company, Danish Agro – who are using Uniprotein® as a fixed part of its feed mixes.
For more information about Unibio visit the website, HERE.
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However, global leaders at the recent COP26 Climate Summit recognised the critical impact of deforestation on climate change, and one of the key commitments reached at the Summit was to halt and reverse forest loss and land degradation by 2030.
Possible to stop deforestation
Unibio has developed a sustainable protein derived from natural microbial fermentation, which it is now producing at an industrial scale, the first company in the world to do so. With the production method it is possible to produce unlimited amounts of protein to feed the world's growing population and prevent the deforestation.
Heavily growing population – a new solution is needed
David Henstrom, Chief Executive Officer, Unibio says, 'With the global population forecast to reach almost 10 billion people by 2050, an increase of 25 percent of today's population, more food will be needed than has ever been produced before in the history of the world combined to feed them. This food has to come from somewhere.
'In recent years, much of the expansion of production has come from the 'Brazilian savannah', the Cerrado, where one hectare of virgin Cerrado stores around 137 tons of CO2 equivalent. Protecting 31 million hectares of Cerrado would save 4,148 million tons of CO2 from being emitted – or 134 million tons/year, roughly twice Denmark's total annual emissions. Similarly, the production of fishmeal can put undue stress on marine ecosystems with the production of just one ton of fishmeal requiring the capture and processing of around 135,000 fish. Peru alone processes over 4-7 million tonnes of fish per year, equivalent to between 160 and 280 billion anchoveta.'
Let's join forces
David Henstrom adds, 'We urge all global leaders to join forces in accelerating the adoption of alternative proteins, such as Unibio's groundbreaking Uniprotein®, to help reduce the pressures of deforestation and prevent land-use change. The world is facing an unprecedented environmental stress with the threat of increased deforestation, habitat and biodiversity loss, and the accelerating damage to our ecosystems. This is why the adoption of alternative sources of protein, in order to feed the ever-growing population, is of paramount importance.'
Unibio's innovative, continuous-flow, natural, microbial fermentation process uses its proprietary U-Loop® technology to produce Uniprotein®. Uniprotein® is a high-quality alternative protein, which can replace products such as fish meal and concentrated soya in feed for fish and other animals, such as pigs. Unibio's technology enables production of more sustainable protein in very large and scalable volumes to help meet the world's growing protein needs.
Uniprotein® is a close substitute to high-quality fishmeal (LT Fishmeal), but it can also substitute highly concentrated soy product, both being increasingly scarce resources. In addition, the product has been shown to be safe to use in piglet feed compound as a starter feed, in partial supplement of potato protein. Unibio's technology has been proven at industrial scale and has been commercially shipped, for example to the Danish compound feed company, Danish Agro – who are using Uniprotein® as a fixed part of its feed mixes.
For more information about Unibio visit the website, HERE.
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