# Calysseo switches on the first industrial-scale FeedKind plant in Chongqing, China

Canonical page: https://technooptimist.io/stories/calysseo-switches-on-the-first-industrial-scale-feedkind-plant-in-513ae230
Date: 21 Oct 2022
About: [Calysta](https://technooptimist.io/companies/calysta.md) · [FeedKind (Chongqing plant)](https://technooptimist.io/agriculture/feedkind.md)
Original source: https://calysta.com/new-era-of-food-security-beckons-as-worlds-first-industrial-scale-alternative-protein-facility-switches-on/

Calysseo, the Adisseo–Calysta joint venture, started up its Chongqing plant, designed to make 20,000 tonnes of FeedKind protein a year in a patented U-loop fermenter. The companies said that once start-up was complete it would be the world's largest single protein fermenter.

## Key facts

- Using 100,000 t of FeedKind could spare 420,000–450,000 t of wild-caught fish, the companies estimate
- Swapping it for plant protein could free up to 535 km² of land and save 9 billion litres of water
- More capacity for Asian markets was planned

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