Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A gelatinous albuminoid compound closely allied to protoplasm, of which the putrefaction-bacteria are composed.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Biol.), archaic The protoplasmic matter of which bacteria are composed.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
food product derived fromfungus , the basis ofQuorn .
Etymologies
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Examples
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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."
Michael F. Jacobson: Meet Quorn: This Fungus Ain't No Portobello
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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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