Single Cell Protein: The Future Food

Authors

D. O. Hitzman, Phillips Petroleum Company

Document Type

Article

Abstract

The population of the world is now over 4 billion, with approximately two-thirds of this population being in regions characterized as being underdeveloped. Today there are 200,000 more people than there were yesterday, with about 10,000 persons estimated as dying each week from lack of food. By the year 2000, it is estimated that 6 to 7 billion persons will live in the world. Current global surveys measuring food supply per person indicate severe undernutrition (too few calories) and an unbalanced diet (too little protein). The most critical single shortage in the world food supply is protein, vital to the human diet. Many nations cannot produce or import enough for their minimum needs. Others face serious shortages and prohibitive costs. Today, millions suffer protein malnutrition. Tomorrow, as populations continue to rise, the problem will grow far worse unless new protein sources emerge. Single cell protein (SCP) is a new food source that will help alleviate this protein deficiency.

Publication Date

September 1982

Journal Title

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Volume

19

Issue

2

First Page

22

Last Page

26

Copyright

© Copyright 1982 by the Iowa Academy of Science

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Hitzman, D. O. (1982) "Single Cell Protein: The Future Food," Iowa Science Teachers Journal: Vol. 19: No. 2, Article 13.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/istj/vol19/iss2/13