(CNN) You can make something out of nothing. Or so one company claims.

Food tech company Solar Foods says it has created a natural protein source from a mix of carbon dioxide, water and renewable electricity. And it could hit the consumer market -- and your plate -- sometime in the next two years.

The Finnish company named the invention Solein and in its marketing is calling the product "food out of thin air."

"It's a fully natural fermentation process, with an end product that looks and tastes just like wheat flour," the statement said.

These single-cell proteins can find their way into almost any meal imaginable, the company claims, and therefore has opened the door for the invention of entirely new food products.

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