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The current status of hydrocarbon and petrochemical based single cell protein (SCP) technologies is assessed with respect to process commercialization. The applicability of such SCP processes for the strategic production of food and feed ingredients in the oil exporting Arab states of the Middle East and North Africa is examined. The possibility of transferring European-developed SCP process technology for commercial-scale SCP production in the Arab states is discussed, and unnecessary problems that plagued SCP process and product development in Europe and Japan are identified.
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La situation actuelle concernant la production industrielle de protéines d'organismes unicellulaires (SCP) à partir des hydrocarbures et d'autres matières premières pétro-chimiques est évaluée du point de vue de la commercialisation des produits. L'applicabilité, dans les pays arabes exportateurs de pétrole au Moyen-Orient et en Afrique du Nord, de ces procédés pour la production stratégique d'ingrédients destinés à l'alimentation humaine et animale est discutée. La possibilité de transférer dans les pays arabes les procédés européens de production commerciale de SCP est discutée. D'autre part, certains faux problèmes ayant empêché le développement des SCP en Europe et au Japon sont identifiés.
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Se valora el estado actual de la tecnología sobre proteínas unicelulares (SCP) a partir de hidrocarburos y de otros productos petroquímicos en relación con la commercialización del proceso. Se estudia la posible aplicación de estas procesos para la producción estratégica de ingredientes para la alimentación tanto humana como animal en los Estados Arabes exportadores de petróleo del Medio Oriente y del Norte de Africa. Se discuten las posibilidades de transferir la techología envuelta en dicho proceso, que ha sido desarrollada en Europa, para la producción a escala comercial de proteínas unicelulares en los Estados Arabes mencionados. Se identifican, además, los problemas surgidos, innecesariamente, que complicaron tanto la producción como el desarrollo del producto en Europa y Japón.
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Hamer, G., Hamdan, I.Y. The transfer of single cell protein technology to the petroleum exporting Arab states. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 1, 23–32 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01748151
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