Mechanochemistry can extract edible proteins from moor grass
Milder method to ‘recover the goodies that are within the grass’
Researchers have demonstrated how mechanochemistry can be used to extract edible proteins from moor grass, a common grass species in the UK. ‘What excites me is that we show that grass can be used to produce the building blocks for food,’ says Bernardo Castro-Dominguez, from the University of Bath, UK, who co-led the work .