Angel Yeast plans to vigorously promote the industrialization of its yeast protein in an effort to address the impact of the growing global food crisis as well as the animal husbandry sector, the company announced at the 2022 International Forum on Food Safety and Health (2022 IFoFSH), organized by the Chinese Society of Food Science and Technology. 

“Angel Yeast will persist with its promotion of the industrialization of yeast protein while developing sustainable and more efficient yeast alternative proteins to help the world cope with the next global food crisis,” Qin added. “Yeast protein tech is predicted to become the primary means of protecting the Earth's food supply in the future. It presents an alternative solution with advantages such as low resource consumption, high efficiency, environmental sustainability, and comprehensive nutritional value,” said Qin Xianwu, chief quality officer and chief engineer at Angel Yeast, during the conference.

Angel is currently working on the selection and breeding of high-protein yeast strains. This can contribute toward the company realizing batch production of high purity yeast protein while successfully applying it in fields like condiments, meat products, plant-based meat, dairy beverages, and nutritional foods.

The company has built 12 yeast production lines at home and abroad to date, providing sufficient capacity to support yeast protein production. Angel boasts a production line with an annual capacity of 10,000 tons of yeast protein, forming a closed-loop industry chain of “molasses, hydrolyzed sugar - yeast - yeast protein - yeast fermentation liquid - fertilizer – crops”.