Interesting! This company is producing mycoprotein as part of a NASA competition to feed astronauts travelling to Mars.
And of course, this has huge potential for Earth.
The process combines crop-milling waste (grains that would usually feed livestock) with salt, sugar, water and mushrooms in a bioreactor (similar to the fermentation tanks seen in breweries). Seven days later, the protein is ready.
Mushrooms are easier to digest than soy and pea proteins, which have a bitter taste. And the CanPro system also requires just one metre of space and 100 litres of water (which can be recycled) to produce one kilogram of mycoprotein – much more efficient than large fields that require irrigation systems. The product is shelf-stable for 12 months.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-fungi-mycoprotein-protein-nasa/
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