Biotech firm developing lab-grown alternative to palm oil 02:14. New York City — What scientists are brewing inside a New York City lab could dramatically change the products people use every day.

Because the tree is unusually resilient and can grow on degraded land with few resources—some people have dubbed it a “supertree”—it could eventually compete with low-cost palm oil.

Farmington, Jan. 16, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Global Palm Oil Market Size Was Valued At USD 63.7 Billion In 2021 And Is Expected To Grow at a CAGR Of 5.1% In Revenue From 2022 To 2030. Palm ...

They grow a strain of yeast that naturally produces an oil with very similar properties to palm, which they harvest. The yeast is fed on sugars from sugar cane plants grown on land already used ...

The oil is then extracted from the oleaginous yeast. The result is a bio-equivalent to the real thing in terms of nutritional profile and fatty acid make up. “It is neutral in taste and colour – as ...

These startups face an uphill fight. The world is so awash in palm oil made the usual way, by growing palm trees, that it’s relatively inexpensive to buy.

Shara Ticku and her team have developed a palm oil substitute made from oil produced by yeast It was landing at Singapore's international airport a decade ago that sparked Shara Ticku's idea to ...

It was landing at Singapore's international airport a decade ago that sparked Shara Ticku's idea to create a lab-grown alternative to palm oil. "In 2013 I flew to Singapore, and when I landed I ...

It was landing at Singapore's international airport a decade ago that sparked Shara Ticku's idea to create a lab-grown alternative to palm oil. "In 2013 I flew to Singapore, and when I landed I ...