#040 Extera: Reclaim Biodiversity with Alternative Protein - Eugene Wang (CEO Sophie's BioNutrients)

In this episode, I speak with Eugene Wang, CEO of Sophie’s BioNutrients, a Singapore based food biotech company that’s developing large scale facilities to grow alternative protein using micro-algae. 

We have lost nearly three-quarters of our land environment's biodiversity due to industrialized agriculture to raise livestock. Like cell-based protein, this can be produced in a lab but unlike lab-grown food, this can be scaled bigger and faster.

Here are the highlights from this episode;

How is micro-algae so much more nutrient than most protein sourcesHow is micro-algae such an efficient way to grow proteinHow does this compare with plant/cell-based proteinWhy he thinks bio-processing is the way we will grow food in the futureWhy we won’t be compromising our culinary culture with this protein source

Eugene started this business when his daughter, Sophie, suffered an allergic reaction to seafood. Since then he has been finding a way for people to get nutrients from the ocean without using animals. 

Sophie’s Bionutrients is on a mission to unleash the limitless possibilities of nature, restore our planet, and eliminate food allergies by creating plant-based, protein-rich alternatives to meat and seafood using microalgae, the mother of all food and plant life. 

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Guest: Eugene Wang (LinkedIn) Sophie's Bionutrients (Website)
Host: Takatoshi Shibayama (Twitter | LinkedIn)
Music: ShowNing (Website)

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