What does traditional biotechnology include?

Traditional biotechnology includes brewing, enzyme use, antimicrobial fermentation, MSG and amino acid industries.

Traditional biotechnology and modern biotechnology are collectively called biotechnology.

Biotechnology, sometimes called bioengineering, refers to the use of advanced scientific and technological means based on modern life sciences, combined with the scientific principles of other basic sciences, and the transformation of living organisms or the processing of biological raw materials according to a predetermined design, to produce the required products for human beings or to achieve a certain purpose. Biotechnology is a technology in which people utilize microorganisms, plants and animals to process material raw materials in order to provide products to serve the society. Modern biotechnology includes genetic engineering, enzyme engineering, cell engineering, fermentation engineering and protein engineering, etc., which are interrelated and interpenetrating, with genetic engineering technology as the core. Modern biotechnology and computer microelectronics technology, new materials, new energy, aerospace technology, etc. is classified as high-tech, is considered to be the core of science and technology in the 21st century.

Traditional biotechnology is widely used in the production of a variety of food products such as bread, cheese, beer, wine, as well as soy sauce, rice wine and fermented dairy products.

There are both links and qualitative differences between traditional and new biotechnology. Modern biotechnology is a comprehensive technology formed in the early 1970s on the basis of molecular biology, biochemistry, biochemical engineering, microbiology, cell biology and electronic computer technology.

The output and production value of food made with biotechnology occupy the first place in biotechnology.