Lentein complete
Parabel's first product – Lentein Complete – is a water soluble wholefood fine free-flowing powder with 45-50% protein and 35-45% dietary fiber and multiple micronutrients from calcium to magnesium, providing a nutritional boost to everything from beverages and pasta to baked goods. Protein concentrates and isolates will follow shortly after. Parabel is also working on paler versions without such a 'green' hue.
The water lentil has obvious advantages over other plant protein sources in that it grows incredibly rapidly and can be harvested in raceways (open-air ponds similar to those in which algae is grown commercially – although the water lentil is not a type of algae) all year around, says the firm.
"The water lentil is the world's smallest flowering plant, which reproduces itself in 24 hours so it can be harvested every day, which translates into the highest yield per hectare of any other crop.”
