#Meat substitutes

My son Charles, who lives in Los Angeles, sent me this gem from the L.A. Times: “The woolly mammoth is back — in the form of a meatball.” A woolly mammoth meatball has been created from the animal’s DNA — 4,000 years after the beast went extinct. The dish is made of cultured meat, grown in

When I saw this tweet from Tom Philpott, I knew immediately what it was about. I had seen Deena Shanker’s investigative report in Bloomberg News, not least because I’m quoted in it: Fake Meat Was Supposed to Save the World. It Became Just  Another Fad. The article’s subtitle: “Beyond Meat and

Much is happening in the plant-based food sector.  I love trying to keep up with it. First, the bad, or somewhat bad, news: SPECIAL REPORT: Plant-based dairy and meat by numbers; declining trends continue, but pockets of growth remain: New data from IRI and SPINS shows continued steep declines

Beyond Meat is taking a beating these days, and this study only adds to its  woes. Assessing the effects of alternative plant-based meats v. animal meats on biomarkers of inflammation: a secondary analysis of the SWAP-MEAT randomized crossover trial.  Crimarco A, Landry MJ, Carter MM, Gardner CD. 

Uh oh.  Plenty of bad news in the plant-based meat arena. I.  Partnership with health organizations.  The plant-based meat company, Beyond Meat, is partnering with the American Cancer Society to sponsor research on the potential benefits of plant-based meat to cancer preventon. Beyond Meat,