# Successful Transformation of CO2 into Methionine

> A newly developed enzymatic process has used gaseous CO2 as a raw material to produce methionine in a biotechnical reaction for the first time. The article notes that global methionine output is about one million tons a year and that current production uses petrochemicals.

- Date: 2018-08-02 · published 2018-08-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Germany · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/63879-successful-transformation-of-co2-into-methionine
- Commodities: [Methionine](https://feedsoft.ai/c/METH.md)

## Why it matters

If scaled up, a CO2-based route could eventually change methionine cost structures, but it has no immediate effect on supply or prices.

## Read by commodity

- METH: neutral

## Sources

- process-worldwide.com: https://www.process-worldwide.com/successful-transformation-of-co2-into-methionine-a-739252/

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