Yeast protein: Angel Yeast’s answer to UNEP’s call for sustainable food sources

19 Dec 2023 — Zhang Yan, dean of the Angel Yeast research institute, speaks to Nutrition Insight about the properties of microbial fermentation-derived yeast, its potential as a sustainable alternative to animal and plant-derived protein and a solution to the looming protein shortage. At COP28, experts emphasized the risk of this shortage as the effects of the climate emergency and the global population growth exacerbate.