GFI: Plant-based meat relies almost entirely on soy, wheat, or pea
Liz Specht · Alternative protein: it’s what’s for dinner · Apr 14, 2022 · at 15:14
Dr. Liz Specht of the Good Food Institute discusses crop selection and ingredient limitations in plant-based meat formulation.
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“Almost all of them are either soy protein-based or wheat protein-based, or a fair number in this sort of latest generation of products are pea protein-based, but that's just a small number of all plant proteins out there.”
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