10x Boost in Efficiency: China's CO2-to-Starch Conversion Breakthrough
Chinese scientists at CAS have boosted the yield of CO2-to-starch conversion by 10x. Learn how China's CO2-to-starch conversion efficiency in 2026 is revolutionizing food tech.
Food from thin air is no longer a distant dream. Chinese scientists have just supercharged a method to synthesize starch from carbon dioxide, increasing the yield by more than 10-fold compared to previous benchmarks.
Scaling China CO2-to-Starch Conversion Efficiency 2026
According to reports, researchers from the Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology (TIB)under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have achieved a massive leap in artificial synthesis. This follows their 2021 milestone, where they first unveiled the world's first enzymatic process to create starch without traditional agriculture. The latest refinement brings the technology much closer to industrial-scale production.
Redefining Food Security and Climate Action
The process uses a chemoenzymatic system to convert CO2 and hydrogen into starch molecules. By optimizing the enzyme pathways, the team reduced energy loss and accelerated the synthesis speed significantly. If successfully commercialized, this could replace vast areas of traditional farmland, drastically reducing water usage and the environmental footprint of starch production, which is a staple for both food and industrial sectors.
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