# Solar Foods joins Deep Space Food Consortium as foundational member

Canonical page: https://technooptimist.io/stories/solar-foods-joins-deep-space-food-consortium-as-foundational-member-b741ad86
Date: 15 Oct 2026
About: [Solar Foods](https://technooptimist.io/companies/solar-foods.md)
Original source: https://solarfoods.com/solar-foods-joins-deep-space-food-consortium-as-foundational-member/

Solar Foods, the Finnish maker of the protein Solein by gas fermentation, has joined the Deep Space Food Consortium as a foundational member. The consortium coordinates researchers, space agencies and food companies on food for low Earth orbit and long-duration missions.

## Key facts

- Solar Foods was named the international category winner of the NASA and Canadian Space Agency Deep Space Food Challenge in 2024.
- A European Space Agency-funded contract with OHB System AG covers a small gas-fermentation pilot, with the aim of eventually testing on the International Space Station.
- The company says Solein could cut resupply needs by recovering water from the hydrogen and exhaled carbon dioxide that habitats usually vent.
- The announcement gives no membership fees, duration or quantified resupply savings.

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