Figure 2

Simulation of economic yield.
The plot depictures α-La fermentations at maximized productivity with yield per substrate, substrate compositions and economic return based on the substrate price on the X, Y and Z axis respectively. The global maximum represents a fermentation, which converts the initial substrate into α-La worth 52 times the value of the starting material. The fermentation is simulated to take 300 hours and require the substrate to compose of 100% sugar.