Air Protein’s landless protein farming through Air Fermentation™ solves food production challenges. It reduces time to market, requires no arable land which decouples food from traditional supply chain risks, is highly scalable and is cost-effective. Current food production methods are challenged by unpredictable factors caused by weather, geography, politics, global agriculture supply chain costs, limited natural resources and manufacturing disruptions. With estimates that the global population will reach about 10 billion people by the year 2050, we are fast approaching the tipping point where feeding the global population will be unsustainable. The world needs innovative solutions to making food, and Air Protein provides a solution. Air Protein is a versatile super protein driving the future of food.

Our protein is made in an Air Farm™, a self-contained Air Fermentation system requiring only air, water, and energy to activate a starter culture and grow our protein. Our process decouples protein production from the supply chain, creating virtually no production disruptions, and providing predictable costs. It is decoupled from weather and geopolitical supply chain risks associated with traditional agriculture. It is also decoupled from the resulting price volatility.

Air Protein is rich in vitamins, minerals, and nutrients, with all 20 amino acids, including all 9 essential amino acids and 2x the amino acids of soybeans. It contains more protein per kg than most other proteins and is free from GMOs, pesticides, herbicides, hormones, and antibiotics.

Air Protein grows through our unique landless agriculture Air Fermentation process that does not require the use of any arable land. An Air Protein Farm™ yields high volumes of protein in a matter of hours, resulting in nutritious, cost-effective protein products. Air Protein Farms can be built virtually anywhere, are not reliant on climate or weather and run 24/7. Solving the world’s biggest farming challenges, Air Protein’s Air Fermentation landless protein farming reduces time to market, requires no arable land which decouples food from traditional supply chain risks, is highly scalable, and is cost effective. Our inputs are elements of the air, water and energy that activate a culture to produce nutrient dense protein.

Because it uses no farmland, has minimal inputs, and scales volumetrically, Air Protein is highly scalable, with significantly higher yields than most other proteins. Our economic models project that our landless protein farming process is more cost effective than other forms of protein farming. Air Protein has cracked the code on landless agriculture and supply-chain free premanufacturing, creating nutritious protein through our cost-effective Air Fermentation food production process.

Air Protein Ingredient Platform: We have developed a broad range of nutritious, functional protein ingredients suitable for crafting protein-rich foods across the grocery store. From dairy to baked goods to meat alternatives, Air Protein has a nutritious ingredient that can deliver the desired taste and texture your consumers expect. At this time, we are starting with meat because meat has the greatest impact on climate issues.

In 2023, we announced the commissioning of our San Leandro site, which is facilitating our initial scale protein production. We also announced a strategic agreement with ADM that provides for the mutually exclusive rights for ADM and Air Protein to collaborate to build and operate the world’s first Air Protein commercial scale plant. At this stage, our teams are working on a longer-term operations plan.

Our process leverages elements of the air, water, and energy to grow our protein. Elements of the air include carbon dioxide, oxygen, and nitrogen (we use fixed nitrogen). Our early deployment will use commercially available O2 and CO2 in the food industry (e.g., for sparkling water). As direct air capture technology becomes commercially available, we will use it as well.

During the 1970s space program, NASA scientists sought a way to feed astronauts on long-distance journeys since space vehicles were not able to store large quantities of food over several months. The scientists explored recycling CO2 from the air that the astronauts exhaled as a possible solution. As the space program waned, this process was shelved and forgotten only to be rediscovered by our founders. It was then perfected by their team using purified elements of the air.

We use a more efficient, more sustainable, and scalable process we call landless protein farming. We start with elements of pure air, including carbon dioxide, oxygen and fixed nitrogen, renewable power, and water. Then just like yogurt, wine or cheese, elements of the air are added to cultures to cause them to nourish and grow. The cultures are whisked together with the pure air elements, renewable power and water to nourish and begin the growth process of the protein. We harvest and purify Air Protein in a matter of days and then move it to the next stage of drying to remove the water. The outcome is a rich protein flour with a protein profile like animal protein and richer in nutrients and amino acids than soy protein.

Agriculture makes up about 24% of global greenhouse gas emissions – that’s 8 billion metric tons of CO2 equivalent in our atmosphere. And these emissions are projected to grow by 2050 with increased demand for meat and dairy. By producing the world’s only carbon-negative protein, effectively removing carbon from the atmosphere, we can reduce the amount of greenhouse gasses entering the atmosphere as consumers switch to products incorporating Air Protein, thereby helping renew the planet.

Kiverdi, Inc. is a biotechnology company working with corporations to make the circular economy a reality by creating game changing products and systems using the science of CO2 transformation. Air Protein, the company, is a subsidiary of Kiverdi, Inc. Kiverdi was launched in 2011 by Dr. Dyson and Dr. Reed. In 2019, the team at Kiverdi made the world’s first food from elements of the air, Air Meat, and Air Protein was born.