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What Is Yellow Biotechnology

Yellow biotechnology refers to the use of bioengineering techniques to improve food production and quality. It has been practiced for thousands of years through techniques like fermentation but is now utilizing modern genetic engineering methods. The goals of yellow biotechnology include producing more nutritious and fortified foods while reducing environmental impacts from large-scale meat production. Future applications may involve using insect genes to modify plant toxins or culturing meat in labs from stem cells at lower costs and environmental footprints than traditional meat. Yellow biotechnology aims to sustainably exploit natural molecules and cells for medicines, agriculture, and other uses.

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What Is Yellow Biotechnology

Yellow biotechnology refers to the use of bioengineering techniques to improve food production and quality. It has been practiced for thousands of years through techniques like fermentation but is now utilizing modern genetic engineering methods. The goals of yellow biotechnology include producing more nutritious and fortified foods while reducing environmental impacts from large-scale meat production. Future applications may involve using insect genes to modify plant toxins or culturing meat in labs from stem cells at lower costs and environmental footprints than traditional meat. Yellow biotechnology aims to sustainably exploit natural molecules and cells for medicines, agriculture, and other uses.

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ANDRES BONIFACIO COLLEGE

College Park, Dipolog City

SCHOOL OF NURSING

Written Report on Yellow Biotechnology

Submitted by

Group 3
Ms. Balancar, Regene

Ms. Bolando, Kathleen May

Ms. Rodriguez, Marian Grace

Ms. Tomado, Darmi Nicole

Submitted to

Ms. Racquel Pagente, RN

JANUARY 18, 2020

What is Yellow Biotechnology?


Yellow biotechnology is, perhaps the oldest branch of biotechnology because it considers
production of human and animal food (however, according to another classification yellow
biotechnology refers to biotechnology with insects). It is analogous to the red (animals) and
green (plants) biotechnology. Making it simple, Yellow biotechnology is the use of bio-
engineering to make food better. Making the enormous repository of all the natural substances
available to the bio-economy is yellow biotechnology which is also called ‘Insect
Biotechnology’. It’s a modern agriculture branch related to food production where active genes
in insects are used for application in agriculture and medicine.

Brief History
Nearly 10,000 years ago, our ancestors were producing wine, beer, cheese and bread by using
fermentation. For example, Egyptians applied fermentation technologies to make dough rise
during bread making. Due in part to this application, there were more than 50 varieties of bread
in Egypt more than 4,000 years ago. Hypoallergenic rice discovered in Japan in nineties of the
preceding century is considered as precursor of functional food.
In 2013, a company, founded by Dr. Mark Post is using in vitro cell culture technology on adult
cow stem cells for making bovine muscle tissue—aka hamburger meat. As a result, land use is
decreased by 99%, greenhouse gas emissions by 96% and water use by 96% when compared
to other animal meat products. The experiment was done on Maastricht University, the
Netherlands and live aired the first tasting of his “test tube meat” made up with 20,000 hand-
cultured muscle strands. Testers noted the meat didn’t have fat or juiciness, but gave 10 out of
10 for the mouth feel and definitely preferred the in vitro meat over vegetable-based substitute. 
The cost of the first hamburger was a €250,000 (over $311,000). Further research might make it
easier and cheaper.

Why is Yellow Biotechnology made?


Over 200,000 insect’s species depends upon plant for food. Over the course of time, they have
evolved to render plant defenses- plant toxins produced to fend off herbivores. These
detoxification processes are coded in various genes. Biotechnology is now working on switching
these genes in a way plant toxins are no longer effective. Some makeable progress has also
been made with the use of RNAi technology.

On the other hand, it’s obvious that the meat industry has a pervasive, effect on global
environments. Deforestation, heavy feed, and clean water usage are necessary to raise the
livestock, while pesticides, antibiotics, and animal waste, directly pollute the environment. From
the resource diversion to create farms and their subsequent byproducts- the meat industry is
responsible for 24% of greenhouse gas emissions alone. Despite the implications for both
human health and the environment, meat demand is increasing even as our natural resources
are diminishing.

Goals of Yellow Biotechnology


Today, the main goal of yellow biotechnology is improvement of certain food to obtain the most
nourishing one and fortified with healthpromoting additives. It is reached by enzymatic and
microbial (also applying genetically modified ones) processing of food, elimination of allergens
and components causing its intolerance or its fortification with health-promoting components. So
called functional food is of special interest of yellow biotechnology. It is also called health-
promoting or nutraceutical one.
Yellow biotechnology also includes:
 Minimizing environmental exploitation from meat production
 Modification of plant toxins
 Extracting useful insects products

Future of Yellow Biotechnology


Science is making new discovery and inventions every single day. Every passing day, we get to
hear of a new story that could possibly change the way we live and we think some day. Yellow
biotechnology also got similar possibilities.

Imagine sustainable and cheap hamburger on your table, without the costs to the environment
or animals (A vegetarian Hamburger?). Or a plant toxin that could actually do good to your
health. Yellow Biotechnology someday aims to apply biotechnological methods for exploiting
insect-derived molecules, cells, organs – as products for using it in the fields of medicine, plant
protection or manufacturing. Who knows, we might start raising genetically modified insects for
drugs and therapy someday?
References

 Joseph, J. (n.d.). “Yellow Biotechnology Applications on the Food Industry through in


vitro Cell Culture Meats.”
 Kafarski, P. (2012). “Rainbow Code of Biotechnology.”
 Niglia, S. (2019). “Everything You Need to Know About Yellow Biotechnology.”

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