# Aquafeed.com |
   

   
    Breakthrough in using industrial CO2 to produce methionine for aquatic feed

> A Technical University of Munich team has used gaseous CO2 as a feedstock to produce methionine through an enzymatic process, supported by Evonik. The process has been patented and still needs refinement before large-scale use.

- Date: 2018-08-09 · published 2018-08-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Germany · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/63876-aquafeed-com-breakthrough-in-using-industrial-co2-to-produce-methionine-for
- Commodities: [Methionine](https://feedsoft.ai/c/METH.md)

## Why it matters

This is an early-stage process change that could eventually lower methionine production costs, but it has no near-term effect on supply or prices.

## Read by commodity

- METH: neutral

## Sources

- aquafeed.com: https://www.aquafeed.com/newsroom/news/breakthrough-in-using-industrial-co2-to-produce-methionine-for-aquatic-feed/

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