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Single Cell Protein - SCP - Since ancient times, people near Lake Chad, Africa, and the Aztecs near Lake Texcoco, Mexico, harvested the filamentous blue green alga, Spirulina, from the lake, dried in sun and used as food.

But the first industrial production of SCP dates back to World War I when 'Torula yeast' (Candida utilises) was produced in Germany and used in soups and sausages. Interest in SCP peaked again during World War II and then during mid l 950s. By 1967, British Petroleum was producing SCP at an industrial scale.

The interest in SCP was generated in the wake of protein deficiency (estimated at 12 million tons in 1985 and to rise to 22 million tons by 2000), especially in the developing countries. SCP is expected to relieve this deficiency in the following two ways:

(i) SCP may be used directly as human food supplement, or else

(ii) it may be used in animal feed to at least partially replace the currently used protein rich soybean meal and fish proteins, and even cereals, which can be diverted for human consumption.

 

  

 
 

 
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