Xylome in the news: The Irreplaceable

June 23, 2022 – London Review of Books • Bee Wilson

Bee Wilson has published an in-depth review of Jocelyn Zuckerman’s excellent text, “Planet Palm: How Palm Oil Ended Up in Everything – and Endangered the World” Wilson’s review in the June , 2022 issue of the London Review Of Books summarizes the major points.

Xylome is mentioned prominently in Planet Palm, and Wilson captures the essence: “A synthetic palm oil made by a fermentation process similar to brewing beer, which apparently looks like ‘an assemblage of golden-hued blobs’, waxy and odourless. It is made by an American tech company called Xylome, which has also created a sustainable alternative to biofuels using corn stover.”

You can listen to an interview with Wilson here.