mycoprotein

Approved for sale in the U.K. in the 1980s, Quorn's so-called mycoprotein hit the grocery shelves in the form of meat-free burgers, cutlets, and in time, uniquely British things like "Cottage Pie," "Cornish Pasties," and "Toad in the Hole."

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Also avoid fungal proteins such as mycoprotein (Quorn).

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The company markets the fungus as a 'mycoprotein' similar to mushrooms.

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Critics of the labeling point out that few people know what mycoprotein is.

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CSPI director Mike Jacobson says it has received reports from more than 1,000 people in the UK who say they have been made sick by eating the mycoprotein.

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This line of meat-free chicken-style nuggets and patties and meat-free hot dogs and meatballs are made with mycoprotein, an edible fungus such as truffles, morels, and mushrooms.

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This line of meat-free chicken-style nuggets and patties and meat-free hot dogs and meatballs are made with mycoprotein, an edible fungus such as truffles, morels, and mushrooms.

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Flavourings and egg albumen were added to bind it and "mycoprotein" was born.

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Quorn says it convened a panel of independent allergy specialists and toxicologists in January who were paid an honorarium to review the safety of mycoprotein.

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This essentially tasteless mycoprotein from myco-, “related to fungi” can then be manufactured into meat substitutes and a variety of other food products.

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