How can you convert greenhouse gases in ingredients for refreshments? Find out what happens with the glucose and because Coca-Cola is so interested in sourcing it sustainably. Let's go!
The most sustainable glucose
The industry is finding more and more creative solutions to reduce its emissions. carbon dioxide. This is the case of Coca-Cola, which has proposed to reduce them to zero to 2040. So Coca-Cola Europacific Partners has joined forces with the University of California at Berkeley. What they seek is to produce glucose from CO2 in the atmosphere to make food, fuel and even medicines in a sustainable way.
Agricultural ingredients account for up to a quarter of the soft drink giant's emissions. In this way, our planet would save a considerable amount of emissions. The use of land would also be optimized by not needing such a large area to produce sugar. Land could then be freed up to protect wildlife or used for other crops.
Who is in charge?
El Peidong Yang Research Group from the University of California Berkeley is responsible for this work. He is already recognized within the academic world for the conversion of CO2 through nanoscience and using renewable energy. Thus, they have already managed to convert CO2 into other products of interest such as liquid fuels and biodegradable plastics in a sustainable way. For this they successfully developed artificial photosynthetic systems. These are powered by solar energy in a similar way to plants.
The project could mark a before and after in the food industry. It would open the possibility for other large companies to use this technology if it turns out to be profitable. At the moment the goal is to transform carbon dioxide into glucose to laboratory scale.
However, the next step will be large-scale industrial production. Today you can carbonate the air with the C02 captured. can even be created C6 sugars y C8 From this one gas. However, it remains to be optimized for mass production. However, the company will continue to reduce the amount of sugar in its beverages in accordance with its commitments in health matter.Do you think it is a suitable solution? Do you think we will see these technologies implemented in a few years?
