Episode Transcription Vegetarians, flexitarians, and consumers concerned about the environment are choosing plant-based meat alternatives. In 2019, sales were $12 billion expected to reach $28 billion by 2025. The question of whether plant-based meat alternatives are healthier is complicated. If you have allergies, read the label carefully. Products contain soybeans, chickpeas, and peas which may […]
Episode Transcription Welcome to Food Safety in a Minute. Increasingly popular among consumers, plant-based meat alternatives have similar texture, mouthfeel, and taste to beef. Using high pressure and high heat, a moist flour-like mixture of plant-based protein and ingredients are extruded, pushed through an opening producing a fibrous, meat-like structure. Processing time along with high […]
Episode Transcription This is Food Safety in a Minute from Washington State University Extension. Increasingly, plant-based meat alternatives are more available to consumers, including meatless burgers. Most ingredients in plant-based burgers are included on the GRAS list. GRAS stands for Generally Recognized as Safe for human consumption. Soy and pea protein and wheat gluten are […]
Episode Transcription Welcome to Food Safety in a Minute. Plant-based meat alternatives are in the news, your grocery store, and restaurants. Bill Gates wrote a new book titled How to Avoid Climate Disaster. In it, he discusses environmentally friendly ways of decreasing methane gas from cows. One approach suggested is moving away from eating beef […]