Ask someone about plant-based meats — also called meat substitutes, alternative meat or even fake meats —and you’ll get a range of opinions on both sides of the fence.
Examples of some plant-based meats are Beyond Burger, Impossible Burger, some chicken nuggets, sausage and even bacon. They’re made from ingredients such
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Researchers in Germany have provided an initial evaluation into the microbial quality of plant-based “meat.”
The microbiological status of 10 raw plant-based ground meat products was assessed. Items produced by different companies made from soy, pea, oats, or wheat were obtained in 2021 from Kiel, northern Germany stores.
Total bacterial
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Most countries in the Western Pacific do not have regulations to control food safety in novel foods, according to a survey.
Many pointed to the absence of national regulatory frameworks that could be applied to alternative proteins and the need for discussions on the rules and risk assessment for novel
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The “Truth in Labeling of Food Products Act” passed by the Louisiana Legislature in 2019 violates the commercial free speech rights of Turtle Island Foods, which produces and packages plant-based meat products marketed and sold in the state and nationwide.
Turtle Island Foods was founded in 1980 and is headquartered
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State legislatures introduced more than 700 bills regarding food and food safety in 2019, with 132 being enacted and 17 adopted into law, reports The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL).
Laws in 42 of the 50 states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia were enacted regarding food in
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Have you ever eaten a dinosaur before?
Turns out that a lot of kids, and adults, have thanks to Perdue Farm’s “Chicken Plus” nuggets that are shaped like dinosaurs. But more notable than their shape is what’s inside. Each one of these “tiny giants” is made from a 50/50
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Los Angeles-based Beyond Meat’s expansion to the People’s Republic of China announced in early September, is already taking shape with a new product roll-out for the Chinese market.
From Shanghai, Beyond Meat officials said their newest product produced in China is trademarked as “Beyond Pork.”
The company said the plant-based
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If you want to see a lot of people become unhinged, try floating this: why not include meat alternatives such as plant-based burgers to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommended foods? Especially, since the recently released report from the 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee extols the health benefits of
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