ALAN HAHN, CEO, MycoTechnology
While MycoTechnology has been around longer than most of the other players in this gallery, it’s one to watch in 2018 as it teams up with partner Naturex to promote a novel protein made with naturally occurring mycelium (the filament-like roots) from an heirloom variety of Shiitake mushroom that convert a feedstock of pea and rice protein into a high-quality, complete vegan protein.
According to MycoTechnology, PureTaste can be labeled in the US as ‘fermented shiitake vegetable protein’ and can be included in products making ‘plant-based protein’ claims.
When sufficient quantities of protein have been manufactured – the process takes just 48 hours from culture to harvest - the whole mixture is harvested and then spray-dried into a fine protein-rich powder that’s low in calories, fat and carbohydrates, and packed with vitamins and minerals that cannot be found in other competitive proteins, claims CEO Alan Hahn.
