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Assertion Supported

Brown: Impossible Burger flavor comes from simple biomolecules catalyzed by heme

“The flavor is almost entirely from simple small molecules like amino acids, vitamins, sugars, things that you can find in vegetables, animals, whatever. Same simple, you know, ubiquitous biomolecules. Plus, Heme as a catalyst, and that's most of what's behind …”

Pat Brown May 11, 2020 ▶ 47:14 Impossible Foods: Pat Brown

Assertion Supported

Brown: Impossible Foods sells tens of millions of pounds annually

“We sell on the scale of tens of millions of pounds a year.”

Pat Brown May 11, 2020 ▶ 56:07 Impossible Foods: Pat Brown

Assertion Supported

Brown: U.S. soybean root nodules contain enough heme to match all meat

“So anyway, I did some calculations and concluded that there's as much heme in the root nodules of the U.S. Soybean crop As there isn't all the meat consumed in the U.S.”

Pat Brown May 11, 2020 ▶ 36:54 Impossible Foods: Pat Brown

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