{"id":145694,"date":"2022-02-25T08:00:55","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T13:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/?p=145694"},"modified":"2024-07-25T10:50:26","modified_gmt":"2024-07-25T14:50:26","slug":"microbe-farming-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/2022\/02\/microbe-farming-food\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the New Generation of Microbial Farmers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last October, I entered the lab of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kingdomsupercultures.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kingdom Supercultures<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Brooklyn, New York, where unlabeled jugs of almond milk were strewn across the breakroom table. Owners Ravi Sheth and Kendall Dabaghi were taste-testing milk adaptations using microbe cultures originally found in fermented foods such as <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">kimchi, sauerkraut, vinegar and the like<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. They were trying to find the right combination that could replace the artificial emulsifiers and gums typically used to create a silky and smooth beverage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Industrialized foods are littered with additives and substances\u2014stabilizers, artificial preservatives, sweeteners and dyes\u2014meant to affect varying characteristics from texture to flavor and so much more. Food labels for plant-based products and other processed foods are often so lengthy, it begs the question: Is this even food anymore?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In an effort to replace chemical additives with more natural alternatives, companies such as Kingdom Supercultures are drawing on ancestral wisdoms and ingredients. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelivegreenco.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Live Green Co<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">., based in Boston, uses a technology platform it calls <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelivegreenco.com\/our-tech\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Charaka<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to create plant-derived ingredients that can function across various molecular and bioactive compounds\u2014whether the focus be chemical, mechanical, functional, nutritional or sustainable. The hope is to transition from \u201cplant-based\u201d to \u201cplant-only\u201d foods. Meanwhile, Argentina-born <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.michroma.co\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Michroma<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> uses fungi to create natural food colors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-145701 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/PXL_20211026_143559761-1200x900.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/PXL_20211026_143559761-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/PXL_20211026_143559761-461x346.jpg 461w, https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/PXL_20211026_143559761-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/PXL_20211026_143559761-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/PXL_20211026_143559761-1333x1000.jpg 1333w, https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/PXL_20211026_143559761.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Processed foods as we know them today date back to the late 18th and early 19th centuries, when food was manipulated, in large part, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thesalt\/2015\/07\/31\/427854425\/cheetos-canned-foods-deli-meat-how-the-u-s-army-shapes-our-diet\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to cater to the growing military<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Then came pasteurization and canning in the late 19th century, and later, ready-to-eat meals that roared onto suburban supermarket shelves. During this time, ingredient companies tinkered with chemical isolates to create mechanisms that made food more stable, convenient and accessible.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIn the 1960s, food safety regulators in the US, Europe and other regions of the world, approved food additives to assure consumers that their use in foodstuff was safe,\u201d says certified food scientist Kantha Shelke. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The FDA <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">now maintains a database of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/food\/food-additives-petitions\/food-additive-status-list\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">more than 3,000 added ingredients used<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by consumers and the food industry. The list includes everything from high-fructose corn syrup and guar gum to nitrates and nitrites to artificial dyes and hormones.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>[RELATED: <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><a style=\"color: #008000;\" href=\"https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/2022\/02\/food-architecture-voyage-foods\/\">The New Building Blocks of Our Favorite Foods<\/a><\/span>]<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As additives and substances have skyrocketed, health concerns are also on the rise. According to<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/publications.aap.org\/pediatrics\/article\/142\/2\/e20181408\/37584\/Food-Additives-and-Child-Health\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a study<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by the American Academy of Pediatrics, concern regarding food additives has increased in the past two decades, particularly among children whose developing bodies are more susceptible to impact. It further explains that some artificial food colors may be associated with the exacerbation of ADHD; nitrates and nitrites may interfere with thyroid hormone production, while other additives and substances can contribute to oxidative stress.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIn the last two decades, food additives proliferated in food manufacturing due to the growing demand for clean label foods and functional foods with scientifically sustained bioactivity and claims,\u201d Shelke says, adding that the industry investment in \u201ccleaner\u201d alternatives lacks negative perception and is viewed as more sustainable. Some argue that FDA regulations and current requirements for a \u201cgenerally recognized as safe\u201d (GRAS) designation are simply insufficient. Conversely, the European Union has banned certain additives that the FDA still allows. That includes the recently banned titanium dioxide\u2014found in vibrant candies, soups, sauces and more\u2014which the European Food Safety Authority<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.efsa.europa.eu\/en\/news\/titanium-dioxide-e171-no-longer-considered-safe-when-used-food-additive\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">states<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is unsafe for consumption. This ingredient is, however, still being used in American products.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Using microorganisms, such as those that Kingdom Supercultures is working to develop, to produce food additives requires less water and energy than byproduct reuse. This could potentially eliminate the extensive and expensive use of farmland for crops such as corn for high-fructose corn syrup and soybeans for hydrogenated oils.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_145699\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-145699\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-145699 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/kingdomsupercultures.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/kingdomsupercultures.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/kingdomsupercultures-519x346.jpg 519w, https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/kingdomsupercultures-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-145699\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ravi Sheth and Kendall Dabaghi, founders of Kingdom Supercultures.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When Kingdom Supercultures launched in 2020, Dabaghi and Sheth wanted to build their own atlas of natural microbial-based ingredients that mimic the performance of industrial additives. \u201cInstead of having a library of artificial chemicals, we want to start with a library of these natural microbial strains,\u201d says <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dabaghi,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> who co-founded the company after researching microbiome and machine learning at Columbia University.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scientists at Kingdom Supercultures use machine learning and other technologies to explore millions of undiscovered, uncharacterized microbes that live inside fermented food. They then extract microbial strains, merge them with other isolates and design what they call \u201csupercultures.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe think we can compound them together in different proportions and combinations and similarly affect flavor, texture and functional properties\u2014but in a much more healthy and sustainable way,\u201d says Dabaghi. To date, they\u2019ve crafted these additives for plant-based cheese, yogurt, kombucha and recently a vegan butter<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> exclusively for famed Eleven Madison Park in Manhattan. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Their supercultures are also being used for personal care products and will eventually expand to non-vegan foods.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the plant-based sector continues to grow, these microbial farming companies could enable consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies to be able to tune the sensory and functional properties of their products with plant- and food-derived ingredients. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But will these more &#8220;natural&#8221; additives be any better than their &#8220;processed&#8221; counterparts? While the research happening in the biotech space seems promising, there&#8217;s still a lot that has yet to be studied.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cConsumers, despite lacking the fundamentals of food science and nutrition, are directing the industry toward bioactive and technologically relevant compounds that will do no harm,\u201d says Shelke, who believes time and rigorous research will tell whether or not the human physiology will adapt to the ever-evolving food space and the foodstuffs being produced. \u201cIronically, there is a lot of science, technology and manipulation to make foods appear as if made by nature and minimally processed.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While the future of additives and substances is now being written (or coded), the avenue to cleaner ingredient labels and a more just food system is ripe with potential.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an effort to replace chemical additives in food, scientists are harnessing the power of microbes naturally found in fermented foods, fungi and other plants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1816,"featured_media":145691,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":[33277],"meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33068],"tags":[33084,33261],"article-theme":[33291],"class_list":["post-145694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food","tag-food","tag-technology","format-mtmf","article-theme-people"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Meet the New Generation of Microbial Farmers - Modern Farmer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In an effort to replace chemical additives in food, scientists are harnessing the power of microbes naturally found in fermented foods, fungi and other plants.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/2022\/02\/microbe-farming-food\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Meet the New Generation of Microbial Farmers - Modern Farmer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In an effort to replace chemical additives in food, scientists are harnessing the power of microbes naturally found in fermented foods, fungi and other plants.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/2022\/02\/microbe-farming-food\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Modern Farmer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ModernFarmerMedia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-02-25T13:00:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-07-25T14:50:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/microbes.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Danielle Bernabe\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ModFarm\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ModFarm\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Danielle Bernabe\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/2022\/02\/microbe-farming-food\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/2022\/02\/microbe-farming-food\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Danielle Bernabe\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/#\/schema\/person\/adc544db886a3811df5e26def7ab1f8a\"},\"headline\":\"Meet the New Generation of Microbial Farmers\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-02-25T13:00:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-07-25T14:50:26+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/2022\/02\/microbe-farming-food\/\"},\"wordCount\":970,\"commentCount\":3,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/2022\/02\/microbe-farming-food\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/microbes.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Food &amp; 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