White biotechnology

Biotechnology in the Industrial Sphere

Kiranjeet Kaur
Technology Hits
Published in
4 min readMay 24, 2022

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Biotechnology has a wide area of application that plays a vital rolein our daily life. There is one important field of biotechnology known as ‘White biotechnology'. White biotechnology is just an implementation of biotechnology in the industrial sphere that helps the growing bioeconomy. The primary key tool of white technology is are Biocatalyst. Biocatalysts are widely used in various chemical and agro-food industries.

Biocatalysts are new enzymes and microorganisms that are the improved version of enzymes that act as a toolbox that is used in evaluation techniques that are applied in Enzyme engineering.

Now, the question is why this biotechnology is known as white biotechnology the answer is when we apply application part of this field in our daily lives during the practical process we use molds, bacteria, yeast, and different enzymes that help to synthesize products that are easy to degrade, they create less waste and for their function, they require less energy for their production. In short, we can say that white biotechnology has stricter environmental regulations and helps to grow a mass of biodegradable products.

The role of white biotechnology is seen in many innovations in the chemical, food, packaging, health care industries, and textile industries.

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