Wir öffnen ein Fenster in die Zukunft der Lebensmittelindustrie: Die weltweit erste Fabrik, in der Lebensmittel aus dem Nichts angebaut werden, wird eröffnet

Submission statement

Factory 01, Solar Foods’ first commercial-scale production facility of Solein®, starts production in Vantaa, Finland. It marks the beginning of the commercialisation of the novel protein and showcases what the future of food production could look like.

Solein® is the revolutionary protein grown out of a tiny but mighty micro-organism with CO2 and electricity by the Finnish foodtech company Solar Foods. This nutritious yellow powder, highly functional and compatible with a wide range of traditional ingredients, has long been contained to small quantities: only the Solar Foods pilot laboratory in Espoo, neighbouring the Finnish capital Helsinki, has produced Solein.

This is now changing as Solar Foods officially kickstarts the operation of Factory 01, its first commercial-scale Solein facility.

Solein received its first novel food regulatory approval in Singapore in 2022. Solar Foods has provided the novel ingredient for limited-edition food products and test marketing in Singapore, such as a Solein-powered snack bar and a Solein chocolate gelato. Solar Foods estimates Factory 01 will ramp up Solein’s annual production up to a maximum of 160 tons, enabling future co-operations to push beyond these limitations.

“We will be able to deliver quantities that allow food producers for the first time to create large batches of Solein-powered products. While we have been able to offer consumers a small taste, finding a Solein-based food in your local supermarket has not been possible. Soon it will be”, Solar Foods’ CEO and co-founder Pasi Vainikka explains.