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Protein and Co-Products

Emerging Sources of Protein and Sustainability - Academic and Industry Perspectives

Wednesday, May 3, 2023
8:25 AM – 10:30 AM MDT
Room:207

    Chair(s)

  • LC

    Lingyun Chen, PhD

    Professor
    Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science
    University of Alberta
    Edmonton, AB, Canada

  • Keshun Liu, PhD (he/him/his)

    Research chemist
    Agricultural Research Service
    U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Agric. Research Service
    Aberdeen, Idaho, United States

This session will examine emerging sources of food proteins, including plant-based soy, microorganisms, recombinant proteins, cultivated meat, and insects. A presenter will provide an overview of the flavor chemistry of edible insects. A talk will review the challenges alternative proteins face in the marketplace and strategies to overcome the limits of many first-generation ingredients. The session will also highlight the current status of the pulse ingredient market, including innovative approaches to increase the availability and utilization of these sustainable protein ingredients and coproducts.

Presentations:

  • 8:30 AM – 9:10 AM MDT
    Emerging sources of food proteins, an overview

    Presenting Author: Mark Matlock, MS (he/him/his) – ADM Co. (retired)

  • 9:10 AM – 9:30 AM MDT
    Protein structure-function relationships: What it means for industrial processes and applications

    Presenting Author: Jennifer Kimmel, PhD – Roquette America, Inc

  • 9:30 AM – 9:50 AM MDT
    Flavor of edible insects and insect proteins

    Presenting Author: Changqi Liu (he/him/his) – San Diego State University

    Co-Author: Jing Zhao (she/her/hers) – San Diego State University

  • 9:50 AM – 10:10 AM MDT
    Toward the next generation of alternative protein ingredients – perspective from a R&D service provider

    Presenting Author: Frederic Baudouin, PhD – Rothamsted Research, UK

  • 10:10 AM – 10:30 AM MDT
    Pulse crops to develop sustainable and healthy protein ingredients: Current status and pathway to enabling sustainable innovation

    Presenting Author: Anusha Samaranayaka, PhD – National Research Council of Canada

    Co-Author: Hamid Khazaei – Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke); and Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Helsinki