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As of 2024, Mycorena is one of the eight finalists in the [[NASA]]'s Deep Space Food Challenge,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Future space food could be made from astronaut breath |url=https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/05/18/1073303/nasa-space-food-competition/ |access-date=2024-02-08 |website=MIT Technology Review |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2023-09-19 |title=NASA Begins Final Phase of $3 Million Deep Space Food Challenge - NASA |url=https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/marshall/nasa-begins-final-phase-of-3-million-deep-space-food-challenge/ |access-date=2024-02-08 |language=en-US}}</ref> a 4.5 million dollar competition designed to find strategies on how to fill feeding gaps for crews of astronauts on manned-missions of 3-to-4 years with no chance for resupply.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Challenge |url=https://www.deepspacefoodchallenge.org/challenge |access-date=2024-02-08 |website=Deep Space Food Challenge |language=en-US}}</ref> The technique used for this competition takes the resource efficiency even further as side streams from the process, like carbon dioxide and fermentation liquid, is used as sources of nutrition for other parts of the system.<ref name=":2" />
As of 2024, Mycorena is one of the eight finalists in the [[NASA]]'s Deep Space Food Challenge,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Future space food could be made from astronaut breath |url=https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/05/18/1073303/nasa-space-food-competition/ |access-date=2024-02-08 |website=MIT Technology Review |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2023-09-19 |title=NASA Begins Final Phase of $3 Million Deep Space Food Challenge - NASA |url=https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/marshall/nasa-begins-final-phase-of-3-million-deep-space-food-challenge/ |access-date=2024-02-08 |language=en-US}}</ref> a 4.5 million dollar competition designed to find strategies on how to fill feeding gaps for crews of astronauts on manned-missions of 3-to-4 years with no chance for resupply.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Challenge |url=https://www.deepspacefoodchallenge.org/challenge |access-date=2024-02-08 |website=Deep Space Food Challenge |language=en-US}}</ref> The technique used for this competition takes the resource efficiency even further as side streams from the process, like carbon dioxide and fermentation liquid, is used as sources of nutrition for other parts of the system.<ref name=":2" />
== References ==
== References ==

[[Category:Food and drink companies established in 2017]]
[[Category:Companies based in Gothenburg]]
[[Category:Food and drink companies of Sweden]]
[[Category:Single-cell protein]]
[[Category:Meat substitutes]]

Revision as of 13:18, 19 March 2024

Mycorena
Company typePrivate
IndustryFood
Founded2017; 7 years ago (2017)
FounderRamkumar Nair
Headquarters
Gothenburg
,
Sweden
ProductsMeat analogues
Websitemycorena.com

Mycorena AB is a Swedish-based food tech company founded in 2017 specialized in fungi fermentation and in the sustainable development and commercialization of mycoprotein-based products.[1][2] The company's signature product, Promyc, was launched in 2019 as an ingredient in a variety of vegan food applications.[3]

History

Founded in 2017 by Ramkumar Nair, Mycorena secured its initial funding in late 2018 and has since raised over 35 million euros, including 24 million euros in what was the biggest to date Series A funding round for an alternative protein company in the Nordics.[4][5]

Mycorena's demonstration plant in Gothenburg, named the Mycorena Innovation and Development Center (MIND)[6] opened in 2019 and includes the company headquarters, a fully food-grade certified fermentation facility, innovation and R&D labs, a development kitchen, and a pilot line for end-consumer food product production. When MIND was expanded in 2022, it became Europe’s largest demo production facility.[7] The expansion resulted in the company receiving 'Gothenburg's Company Prize' the same year, a prize that has been awarded to successful companies that are run and developed in the Gothenburg region by Näringslivsgruppen (Business Group) Göteborg & Co since 1994.[8] Besides MIND, the company initiated the construction of its full-scale production factory in the city of Falkenberg back in 2021.[9]

Products

Promyc, 100g
Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz)
Energy447 kJ (107 kcal)
7.9 g
Sugars0.4 g
Dietary fiber7.5
2.8 g
Saturated0.8 g
16 g
Vitamins and minerals
MineralsQuantity
%DV†
Calcium
10%
130 mg
Copper
27%
0.24 mg
Iron
5%
0.9 mg
Magnesium
8%
32.7 mg
Manganese
43%
1 mg
Phosphorus
45%
560 mg
Potassium
0%
6.5 mg
Sodium
0%
5.7 mg
Zinc
17%
1.9 mg
sources: mycorena.com
†Percentages estimated using US recommendations for adults,[10] except for potassium, which is estimated based on expert recommendation from the National Academies.[11]

Mycorena's first product was launched in 2019, branded as Promyc, and is a fungi-based food ingredient designed with the intention of being used in partnership with other food manufacturers to develop and commercialize new food products, including but not exclusively, in the development of meat and fish analogues and meat enhancers. This strategy has translated into the launching of multiple products for the European market in partnerships with other companies including the 3D printed salmon-like fillets of Revo Foods[12], a variety of vegan hybrid products with Peas of Heaven[13], and Promyc Nuggets with the Sweden's biggest retail chain ICA Gruppen.[14][15][16]

In October 2023, a partnership between Mycorena and Atria Sweden was announced. The partnership is said to drive a joint development and commercialization of a new generation of sustainable and nutritious mycoprotein-based products, such as sausages, hamburgers and cold-cuts.[17]

The same year, 2023, Mycorena launched Mycolein, a fungi-stabilized fat product with reduced fat content[18] and similar properties to animal fat but better nutritional content.[19]

Sustainability

Experts from the Research Intitutes of Sweden (RISE) developed a calculation tool predicting that the planned scale-up of Mycorena's technology would avoid the release of 4 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalents by 2030. This would be achieved by replacing animal-derived protein with mycoprotein and a reduced need for land-intensive agriculture, freeing up an area equivalent to over four times the size of Gotland, Sweden's biggest island. Mycorena's CEO and founder, Ramkumar Nair, together with the authors from RISE, presented these numbers and Mycorena's operation at the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Egypt.[14]

Side-streams & Circular Solutions

Mycorena has in the past collaborated with other companies in attempts to turn side-streams into valuable and sustainable protein.[14][20][21] In a collaboration with the Swedish bread manufacturer Polarbröd, Mycorena has fermented mycoprotein on bread and dough waste. The collaboration started after Mycorena received Polarbröd's 'Outstanding Reward' in 2021.[22]

The company is also in a collaboration with Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE) and Berte Qvarn [sv], in which the latter contributes with agricultural side-streams. The collaboration is part of the European Innovation Partnership projects and is financed by the Swedish Board of Agriculture and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development.[23]

Resource Efficient Food Production in Space

As of 2024, Mycorena is one of the eight finalists in the NASA's Deep Space Food Challenge,[24][25] a 4.5 million dollar competition designed to find strategies on how to fill feeding gaps for crews of astronauts on manned-missions of 3-to-4 years with no chance for resupply.[26] The technique used for this competition takes the resource efficiency even further as side streams from the process, like carbon dioxide and fermentation liquid, is used as sources of nutrition for other parts of the system.[14]

References

  1. ^ Team, Green Queen (2023-07-11). "Mycorena Carves Out Niche in Fungi Tech With Strategic European Partnerships". Green Queen. Retrieved 2024-02-06.
  2. ^ "Tetra Pak Collaborates With Mycorena on Alternative Protein". www.csrwire.com. Retrieved 2024-02-06.
  3. ^ Purton, Nina (2023-04-28). "2 Biotech Startups Are 3D Printing 'Fish' to Give the Ocean a Rest". Sustainable Brands. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
  4. ^ Buxton, Amy (2022-03-01). "Mycorena Scoops $26.8 Million In Largest-Ever Nordic Vegan Protein Series A". Green Queen. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
  5. ^ foodnavigator.com (2022-07-01). "Tetra Pak collaborates on mycoprotein site as part of 'long-term' vision: 'This is our first greenfield plant within the new food fermentation category'". foodnavigator.com. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
  6. ^ Lapatza, Brita (2022-03-10). "Fungi-based meat alternative Mycorena raises record Series A". Food Matters Live. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
  7. ^ "Mycorena's MIND Location Expands to Become Europe's Largest Mycoprotein Facility - vegconomist - the vegan business magazine". vegconomist.com. 2022-06-01. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
  8. ^ "De odlar framtidens mat i Gamlestaden och vinner Göteborgs Companipris | Göteborg & Co AB". via.tt.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2024-03-18.
  9. ^ Ho, Sally (2021-05-11). "Mycorena To Build Large-Scale Factory To Supply 'Several Thousand Tons' Of Fungi Protein". Green Queen. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
  10. ^ United States Food and Drug Administration (2024). "Daily Value on the Nutrition and Supplement Facts Labels". FDA. Archived from the original on 2024-03-27. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
  11. ^ National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Health and Medicine Division; Food and Nutrition Board; Committee to Review the Dietary Reference Intakes for Sodium and Potassium (2019). "Chapter 4: Potassium: Dietary Reference Intakes for Adequacy". In Oria, Maria; Harrison, Meghan; Stallings, Virginia A. (eds.). Dietary Reference Intakes for Sodium and Potassium. The National Academies Collection: Reports funded by National Institutes of Health. Washington, DC: National Academies Press (US). pp. 120–121. doi:10.17226/25353. ISBN 978-0-309-48834-1. PMID 30844154. Retrieved 2024-12-05.
  12. ^ products”, “We believe we will create some truly unique (2022-10-13). "Mycorena & Revo Foods to Develop "Whole New Realistic Meat-Like Product Segment" For Alt Seafood - vegconomist - the vegan business magazine". Retrieved 2024-02-06.
  13. ^ "Peas of Heaven Launches Frozen Pea Protein Hybrids in Collaboration With Mycorena - vegconomist - the vegan business magazine". 2022-09-28. Retrieved 2024-02-06.
  14. ^ a b c d "Mycorena har recepted for framtidens livsmedel - blickar bortom Jorden". Ri.se. 2024-02-08. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
  15. ^ "ICA och Mycorena sammarbetar för att testa svenskt mykoprotein". ICA Gruppen. 2021-02-16. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
  16. ^ "Veganska superproteinet Promyc finns nu på ICA". Välj Vego. 2023-06-15. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
  17. ^ "Mycorena och Atria i partnerskap om hållbar mat". GU Ventures. 2023-10-26. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
  18. ^ "Mycorena to Launch Clean-Label Fungi-Based Fat Verified by Juicy Marbles - vegconomist - the vegan business magazine". 2023-04-06. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
  19. ^ Ettinger, Jill (2023-04-10). "Mycorena's Sustainable Fungi-Based Fat Mycolein Makes Its Market Debut". Green Queen. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
  20. ^ Magnusson, Johan (2022-01-27). "Mycorena on using biotechnology for the first fungi-based fat ingredient from mycelium". Scandinavian MIND. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
  21. ^ "Two Swedish companies join forces to create alternatives for sustainable food seekers - ArcticStartup". arcticstartup.com. 2022-05-24. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
  22. ^ "Polarbröd och Mycorena ska göra växtbaserat protein av brödspill". FOOD SUPPLY. 2021-03-15. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
  23. ^ Malm, Carina (2023-01-02). "Mycorena och RISE ska utforska upptaget av mykoprotein". Livsmedelsnyheter. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
  24. ^ "Future space food could be made from astronaut breath". MIT Technology Review. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
  25. ^ "NASA Begins Final Phase of $3 Million Deep Space Food Challenge - NASA". 2023-09-19. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
  26. ^ "The Challenge". Deep Space Food Challenge. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
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