Peak Protein: Today’s Innovations, Tomorrow’s Transformations

As discussed in Part 1 of this series, fermentation is one of the earliest forms of food processing and of biotechnology. As omics, systems biology, and biotechnology techniques and processes have advanced, precision fermentation (PF) is the next evolution of this ancient process. PF focuses on utilizing microbial host cells (e.g., yeasts, fungi, mycelia, and microalgae) as “factories” to produce specific molecules using bioreactors and fermentation processes. The host cells are typically geneti…