Eating light: Finnish startup begins making food ‘from air and solar power’

Ravioli made with Solar Foods’ solein tastes the same as normal pasta. Photograph: Jussi Eskola/The Guardian

Nothing appears remarkable about a dish of fresh ravioli made with solein. It looks and tastes the same as normal pasta.

But the origins of the proteins which give it its full-bodied flavour are extraordinary: they come from Europe’s first factory dedicated to making human food from electricity and air.