System for the production of food products from engineered microbes

A system for sustainable food production from waste feedstock, the system comprising:

• a) a feedstock preparation component comprising a grinding and/or an extrusion apparatus;
• b) an oxidative hydrothermal dissolution (OHD) apparatus configured for decomposing plastic materials and/or biomass into an output OHD feedstock;
• c) a bioreactor configured for growing a microorganism, including bacterial and/or yeast cells;
• d) one or more of bacterial and/or yeast cells encoding enzymes for utilizing the OHD output feedstock as a carbon source while growing and producing yeast protein and/or food additives;
• e) a separation component configured for harvesting the yeast protein and/or the food additives and separating the yeast protein and/or food additives from fermented broth and yeast cell debris;
• f) a formulation component for formulating and preparing a food product comprising the yeast protein and/or the food additives;
• g) an analytical sensor component configured for analyzing chemical compositions and for detecting bacterial contamination;
• and
• h) a control interface component for operating component a) through g).