{"id":210200,"date":"2025-03-31T17:07:35","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T22:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/israeli-startup-grows-worlds-first-real-dairy-protein-in-potatoes-no-cows-needed"},"modified":"2025-03-31T17:07:35","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T22:07:35","slug":"israeli-startup-grows-worlds-first-real-dairy-protein-in-potatoes-no-cows-needed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/israeli-startup-grows-worlds-first-real-dairy-protein-in-potatoes-no-cows-needed","title":{"rendered":"Israeli startup grows world\u2019s first real dairy protein in potatoes\u2014no cows needed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding-right: 20px\"><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/israeli-startup-grows-worlds-first-real-dairy-protein-in-potatoes-no-cows-needed.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Israeli food-tech startup Finally Foods has developed the world\u2019s first genetically engineered potatoes containing cow-milk protein, a breakthrough that could revolutionize dairy production.<\/p>\n<p>The company, part of Strauss Group\u2019s The Kitchen food-tech incubator, is set to launch its first field trial next month in southern Israel, where the modified potatoes will be cultivated.<\/p>\n<p>Once harvested, the potatoes will be processed to extract casein protein powder, a key component in dairy production. Casein, which makes up 80% of milk proteins, is essential for cheese-making and provides melting, stretching and foaming properties in dairy products.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israeli food-tech startup Finally Foods has developed the world\u2019s first genetically engineered potatoes containing cow-milk protein, a breakthrough that could revolutionize dairy production. The company, part of Strauss Group\u2019s The Kitchen food-tech incubator, is set to launch its first field trial next month in southern Israel, where the modified potatoes will be cultivated. Once harvested, [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1506,412],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-210200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food","category-genetics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210200\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}