Re: [DIYbio] Eating Glow in the dark yogurt

Incidentally, I recently briefly looked into the safety and feasibility of fluorescent proteins as food dyes. Attached a safety evaluation I found for red fluorescent protein, which makes a case for GFP in the process for comparison. General conclusion was "theory points to it very likely being safe".

I still need an answer to my own follow-up question of whether it is feasible to keep these proteins stable in food, though, and under what kind of circumstances. Well, maybe not for GFP anymore, thanks a poster above!


On Thursday, June 14, 2012 at 5:13:21 AM UTC+2, Dan wrote:
On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 10:53 PM, Katherine Gordon
<kthrn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello
> If I eat Biolumenescent yogart will I then GLOW in the dark??

Here are some questions to consider.

1. What (in general terms) makes the yogurt glow in the dark?
2. What would it take to make you flow in the dark?
3. What happens to yogurt when you eat it?
4. What happens to the answer to #1 (what makes the yogurt glow in the
dark) after you eat it?

-Dan

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