Researchers to produce dairy products from yeast instead of cows

Researchers at Tel Aviv University are soon going to introduce a method where dairy products can be produced from yeast instead of cows.

Behind this development is Professor Tamir Tuller from the Biomedical Engineering Department of the Iby and Aladar Fleischman Faculty of Engineering at Tel Aviv University.

Together with food tech entrepreneur Dr Eyal Iffergan, Tuller established the startup company Imagindairy, which intends to produce cow’s milk from yeast.

Professor Tuller explains that the goal of Imagindairy is to produce milk with all the important nutritional values of animal milk, and with the same taste, aroma, and texture, but without the suffering that cows endure, and without damage to the environment.

Imagindairy’s milk and cheese products will actually be much healthier than milk that comes from animals since it will not contain cholesterol, lactose, or somatic cells.

The Hindu Business Line