NRI creating plant-based analogues from sidestreams

Researchers in London use brewing byproducts to make new alt-meat prototypes.

Researchers from the Natural Resources Institute (NRI), part of the University of Greenwich, have secured funding to develop a plant-based meat alternative from spent grain waste from the brewing and distilling industry.

NRI aims to upcycle spent grain via a partnership with a local company to create an alternative burger prototype. The project combines shelf-life studies and eco-innovative…