The selected Phase 1 route is a gas-fed microbial-biomass program.
Current program
The Phase 1 Protein Program
The selected Phase 1 route uses conditioned CO₂, electricity-derived H₂, O₂, nutrients, and a hydrogen-oxidizing microorganism to produce a traceable, non-food research biomass lot for independent characterization.
Software, pathway models, experiment workflow, and evidence controls are built.
Facility, gas safety, organism down-selection, controlled runs, and independent assays come next.
Program readout 01
The objective
Develop a repeatable, measurable CO₂/H₂ microbial-biomass process and establish whether the resulting biomass can advance toward a qualified protein ingredient.
Program readout 02
How the biology works
CO₂ supplies carbon. Electricity-derived hydrogen supplies biological energy. Oxygen, nitrogen, minerals, and water support growth. A hydrogen-oxidizing microorganism converts those inputs into protein-rich biomass.
- Qualify carbon source, organism, facility, gas safety, and analytical methods
- Execute controlled fermentation runs with traceable inputs and lot records
- Recover a non-food research biomass lot
- Independently characterize composition and safety-relevant attributes
- Reconcile carbon, mass, gas, water, energy, and uncertainty
Program readout 03
What Phase 1 measures
The program is designed to produce a decision-ready evidence package, not a premature food or commercial-production claim.
- Biomass identity and repeatability
- Protein and amino-acid composition
- Moisture, ash, lipids, carbohydrates, and nucleic acids
- Contaminants and other safety-relevant attributes
- Carbon and mass reconciliation
- Energy, gas, water, and recovery burden
- Preliminary functionality and application fit
Program readout 04
Partner on validation
Eden is seeking a qualified bioprocess facility, H₂/O₂ safety expertise, an analytical laboratory, food-science and regulatory guidance, and an ingredient-development partner.