Food Science
Proteins4Singapore
Developing sustainable alternative protein solutions to strengthen Singapore’s food security.
About the Programme
Proteins4Singapore’s comprehensive approach enables Singapore to provide highly nutritive, savory, and functional protein-based foods by maximizing synergistic effects during cultivation, processing, and consumption.
We are combining the functionality-driven cultivation of alternative non-animal protein sources with innovative processing and extraction methods as well as novel reverse food engineering approaches.
Key Objectives
- Indoor Cultivation: Develop synergies between cultivation of indoor soybean and algae biomass within optimized space and a minimum use of resources.
- Sustainable Extraction: Link efficient and sustainable extraction methods for these protein sources to the techno-functional, nutritive and flavor aspects of food production.
- Analytical Characterization: Enable an analytical characterizing platform for functionality-driven optimizations of protein cultivation and processing.
- Reverse Engineering: Create novel and efficient food production concepts by reverse engineering approaches and launch an additive manufacturing platform for large-scale industrial or decentralized food production platforms.
- Microbiome Interaction: Specify functional aspects and identify the mechanisms of beneficial food-microbe interactions and their advantages for the Singaporean customer.
- Supply Chain Resilience: Develop a resilient local supply chain of protein-based agri-food products and assess the protein supply chains for the proposed production technologies.
Impact: Utilizing these raw material sources allows us to gain functional high-value, pleasant-tasting, and functionalized proteins and peptides for the ultimate food security of Singapore.