USA RESEARCH MEAT VEGETABLE HYBRID FOOD
June 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN AMERICAN soya company has unveiled a new fake-meat manufacturing process that uses a blend of soya and meat protein to make faux beef and chicken. The Solae Company, which was formed by food industry giants Du Pont and Bunge Limited, launched SoleCina(TM), at the annual meeting of the US Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), in Orlando. Solae claims the resulting product is "nutritious", and after added flavourings has "virtually the same [appearance] taste and texture of traditional beef or chicken", including "beef ...
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