Californian startup Plantible Foods believes that duckweed (perennial aquatic plant) behaves like egg white, and its nutritional properties far exceed those of other vegetable proteins..

Lemna is an aquatic herb that belongs to perennials.. For prosperity, the plant needs stagnant ponds rich in organic matter.. A California-based start-up, Plantible Foods studied duckweed and said that it was the next major vegetable protein.. The plant contains more complete protein than other sources of vegetable protein, such as peas or rice.. After the plant undergoes a cold press extraction process, the remaining protein looks and behaves like egg white, has a natural taste and does not contain major allergens..

“It was not the crop that people ate, because in traditional agriculture it was always difficult to control its growth,” said co-founder of the company, Maurits van de Ven..

“However, technologies are developing now, especially in the field of aquaculture.”.

Van de Ven also claims that duckweed is one of the fastest growing green leafy plants in the world and can be harvested daily, which allows the company to get higher yields than traditional crops. Over the next two years, the company plans to scale and optimize its production and work with food scientists to develop ways to incorporate duckweed into new food formulations..

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