VTT’s technology for the production of egg white protein without chickens awarded by EARTO
Press release 28[th] October, 2020 Food production accounts for up to 25% of greenhouse gas emissions and 75% of clean water consumption. VTT developed a safe, environmentally sustainable and cost-effective method for mass production of high value proteins, such as egg white, without using animals. The European Association of Research & Technology Organisations EARTO announced VTT’s technology as a winner of the EARTO Innovation Awards 2020 competition, in the Impact Expected category on 28[th] October in Brussels.VTT scientists forecast that food production based on microbial and