The foodtech will use yeast as hosts to initially produce casein and whey protein, two of the main proteins found in milk.

Bioreacted casein would be a HUGE leap for cow-free dairy. I remember when Perfect Day started up they were having too much trouble producing casein, so their products couldn't be used to make stringy or melty cheese.

As a former cheese addict who developed severe lactose intolerance, I'll just be waiting here for the synthetic cheese. (Please. I miss pain-free cheese so much 😭)

I remember hearing about this during a lecture at uni, almost 10 years ago. I hope it will actually be available at some point

I've tried two varieties of biotech milk, both had a mouthfeel almost identical to normal milk. Unfortunately, both of the varieties I've tried have used sunflower seed oil for the fat and that gives the end product a noticeable raw sunflower seed flavor/bitterness which isn't very pleasant.

Next stop: synthetic cheese!

This would be cool now I just need some good no animal version of a fat cap and gristle

Fermentation-made milk substitute was available at supermarkets in Singapore (under the brand name Very Dairy, though the original product was from the startup Perfect Day). I really liked it---a lot nicer than oat milk for drinking straight up. Unfortunately it went off the shelves after a while, seems like demand wasn't high :-(