An anticipatory life-cycle assessment of industrial-scale ovalbumin production using Trichoderma reesei culture indicates that this cellular agriculture approach could have lower global warming potential than ovalbumin purified from egg whites.
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Diwan, D., Sharma, M., Tabatabaei, M. et al. Ovalbumin production without poultry. Nat Food 2, 924–925 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-021-00438-y
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