Food - tech startups
creating meat substitutes and alternative proteins in laboratories have recently caught the attention of global investors.
So Wednesday I had a much needed day off & was excited to
create a meat substitute for our taco bar.
Not exact matches
Patrick Brown is founder and CEO of Impossible Foods, a Redwood City, California - based start - up that
creates plant - based
meat and cheese
substitutes.
Gates is also an investor in Impossible Foods, a company started by a former Stanford University professor working to recreate the taste of red
meat by developing «plant blood,» and Hampton Creek, which
creates mayonnaise and cookie dough with an egg
substitute.
Meat substitute startups are not only competing with prepared and frozen
meats, but are also
creating alternative snacks (such as Beyond the Shoreline's kelp jerky).
Set up in 2013, OMFG has
created a
meat free range of sausages that aren't just a «
meat substitute», but very tasty gourmet sausages that just happen to be made with vegetables.
A soy -
substitute «chicken»
created by a professor of biological engineering and food science at the University of Missouri could revolutionise
meat - free eating.
Created by a mom for her kids, neat offers a range of gluten - free products; an egg
substitute, nut and bean based
meat substitutes, and baking mixes.
A guide to
creating vegan versions of staple ingredients to stock the fridge and pantry — from dairy and
meat substitutes such as vegan yogurt, butter, mayo, bacon, and cheese, to mustards, dressings, pancake mix, crackers, pasta sauces, cookies, and more.
The all - organic menu (
created by Chef Scott Winegard) is both clever and comforting with pizzas like Truffled Celeriac, Maitake Mushroom, and Parsley Pesto Pizza, which mushroom lovers will go crazy for, and Farro - Fennel «Sausage» pizza, where the spiced farro takes on the texture and taste of crumbled sausage without any vague «
meat substitutes.»
You can pulverize sunflower seeds or walnuts with spices to make a
meat mixture, sprinkle pumpkin seeds on a salad to give it some crunch without croutons, or add chia seeds or flaxseeds and water together to
create an egg
substitute in a dish you're making.
Created more thousand years ago as a
meat substitute for Chinese Buddhist monks, seitan is made by mixing the protein in wheat (gluten) with herbs and spices.
A guide to
creating vegan versions of staple ingredients to stock the fridge and pantry — from dairy and
meat substitutes such as vegan yogurt, butter, mayo, bacon, and cheese, to mustards, dressings, pancake mix, crackers, pasta sauces, cookies, and more.