Ham, beef and chicken substitutes on the market

cg.contributor.affiliationTechnical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperationen
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.urlhttp://collections.infocollections.org/ukedu/en/d/Jcta09e/en
cg.issn1011-0054en
cg.journalSporeen
cg.number9en
cg.placeWageningen, The Netherlandsen
cg.subject.ctaCROPSen
dc.contributor.authorTechnical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperationen
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-02T13:13:21Zen
dc.date.available2014-10-02T13:13:21Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/44647
dc.titleHam, beef and chicken substitutes on the marketen
dcterms.abstractQuorn is the trade name of an edible fungus: mycoprotein. This new protein-rich food developed in the UK can be made to taste like beef, chicken or ham. Although it is not a product of the latest biotechniques and does not involve genetic...en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationCTA. 1987. Ham, beef and chicken substitutes on the market. Spore 9. CTA, Wageningen, The Netherlands.en
dcterms.descriptionQuorn is the trade name of an edible fungus: mycoprotein. This new protein-rich food developed in the UK can be made to taste like beef, chicken or ham. Although it is not a product of the latest biotechniques and does not involve genetic manipulation, Quorn is a product which makes use of modern technology as it is produced on a continuous fermenter. Large sheets of mycoprotein are subject to a mechanical process which makes it become quite fluid. It can then be folded and extruded until it acquires the fibrous structure and texture of the food it must represent. Chicken, beef or ham flavour is added and it is then sliced or shredded into pieces. In the coming months, customers of a major supermarket in the UK will see this new product on sale. However, many problems have yet to be solved. First of all, Quorn is only slightly less expensive than comparable meat products and the present manufacturing capacity can only supply the demand of about one hundred shops. Nevertheless, factory- produced Quorn meat of plant origin could become a useful product for regions where protein sources are scarceen
dcterms.isPartOfSporeen
dcterms.issued1987
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.publisherTechnical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperationen
dcterms.typeNews Item

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