Insect as Food: A Sustainable and Nutritious Alternative

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               INSECTS AS FOOD              Exploring Entomophagy: A Sustainable Protein Source Insects-as-food  (Image from Startpage.com)   After the looking title, you might feel like vomiting I guess, and in the situation of COVID-19 pandemic who wants to eat those types of foods and why people like to eat that, many questions come in the mind, I am also one of you totally pure vegetarian but I am curious about this and really it's important to know why insects are food for many peoples … Let’s just start with the word “ ENTOMOPHAGY "   what is it???  Insects-eating-as-food  (Image from Startpage.com)                           Then the answer is  “The practice of consuming insects are called entomophagy” and it is estimated by FAO ( FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED STATE ) that the two billio...

Is Plant Based Meats The Future of Food?

            MEAT ANALOGUE                                                 


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         Have you ever think our world without animal meat or animal-free meat …???? Then just think about it, coming years without animal meat and is this possible in any way, is there any alternative of meat????

Then answer of these questions is …yes

According to FAO By 2050, meat consumption is projected to increase by almost 73 percent; dairy consumption is predicted to grow 58 percent.  Is Their Other Ways To Reduce Meat Consumption?

At last we can use dishes that include extra grains or vegetables as a way to use less meat, but what about those people that they cannot eat without meat. There is one substitute for meat and a small way to reduce meat intake that is plant-based meat (meat analog).


Have you ever hear about Meat Analogue or Plant-based meat :

I think many of you know about it, I read that on Wikipedia that  meat analog is essentially a meat-like substance, which might be made from the plant. More not unusual phrases it is also known as plant-based meat, vegan meat, meat substitute, mock meat, meat alternative, imitation meat, or vegetarian meat, or, once in a while faux meat. Generally, meat analog method a food made from vegetarian substances, and sometimes without animal products along with dairy. Many analogs are soy-based totally (e.g. Tofu, tempeh) or gluten-based, but now will also be made from pea protein. Other much less not unusual analogs consist of ingredients like mycoprotein.

After reading about plant-based meat, I know you have lots of questions about it,  in your mind but firstly let’s see which company in the world manufacturing this type of meat substitute.

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                  Plant-based meat is developing extra popular with the aid of the day, and for an excellent cause. Offering a more healthy opportunity to meet, even as being hugely more sustainable and packing actual flavors, aromas, and textures, plant-based meats are making it simpler than ever to reduce traditional meat intake, or maybe remove it altogether.

Then let's see Who Are the Big manufacturers of Plant-Based Meat,

The large players inside the plant-based meat enterprise isn't all new organizations. In fact, many of them had been around for decades – and include some of the biggest animal protein organizations inside the global, which includes Maple Leaf Foods, known for products like warm dogs and other processed traditional meats.

Below is a listing of the plant-based total meat enterprise, together with their figure agencies,

•        Beyond Meat

•        Boca (The Kraft Heinz Company)

•        Dr. Praeger’s

•        Field Roast (Maple Leaf Foods)

•        Gardein (Conagra)

•        Impossible Foods

•        Lightlife (Maple Leaf Foods)

•        MorningStar Farms (Kellogg’s)

•        Quorn (Monde Nissin)

•        Sweet Earth (Nestle)

•        Tofurky

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           Now you know who is the manufacturer of plant-based meat but the main and the important question is How Plant-based Meats are Made,

       for solving these types of question from consumers mind,  The BEYOND MEAT  give all ideas about plant-based meat on there company’s website  in that  they show how they made it and from which ingredients they made this type of meat. 



 

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Beyond meat :                          

FOR PROTEINS they used

Pea • Mung Bean • Faba Bean • Brown Rice

By using a variety of plant proteins, their products deliver greater or equal levels of protein than their animal-based counterparts.


for  FATS they used

Cocoa Butter • Coconut Oil • Expeller-Pressed Canola Oil (uses pressure, not chemicals)

Using these fats create juicy plant-based burgers, beef, and sausages that sizzle in the pan or on the grill.


for MINERALS they used

Calcium • Iron • Salt • Potassium Chloride

From taste to function, these minerals deliver the nutrients they expect from meat. Potassium Chloride is a naturally occurring mineral, added to provide a mineral balance close to that of animal meat.

 

for FLAVORS & COLORS they used

Beet Juice Extract • Apple Extract • Natural Flavors

The flavors and colors in our food come from plants, and this means they don’t use synthetic additives, for any reason, and we never will.


for CARBOHYDRATES they used

Potato Starch • Methylcellulose (plant fiber derivative)

this blend of carbohydrates help hold their ingredients together, similar in function to cornstarch or flour, providing the right amount of texture so you can enjoy every bite.


AND ALSO THESE!


Sunflower Lecithin • A natural emulsifier to help prevent separation among ingredients and improve texture, similar to the function of an egg.


Calcium Alginate • Plant-based casing made with seaweed.


Yeast Extract • Adds B Vitamins and is a food flavoring made from the same yeast to make bread and beer.

Processing plant-based meat they used basic elements of cooking i.e. heating, cooling, pressure and mixing to give the protein from plants to taste and texture that’s just like meat.

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PLANT-BASED MEAT IN INDIA :

               In India plant-based meat started out around 2016. When we see the nutrients investors website they said that the Supporting plant primarily based meat is like assisting your very own health. In this COVID-19 pandemic and growing issue approximately our surroundings and public fitness, several health care professionals’ animal welfare agencies and the Indian authorities had been promoting plant-primarily based food options for customers.

India also have some noble organizations that offer plant-primarily based meat. India, with 26% vegetarian populace is deemed to symbolize the phrase's biggest vegetable consuming group.

A company like Good dot makes a 100% vegan, they make chunks of meat and not downs hem products like a patty.


Meat from Good dot 
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            In COVID-19 pandemic, people making lots of changes especially in diet and lifestyle , some moved to vegan, what do you think about it just tell me in the comments…

I think that people have their own choices in their life and in the world and all people have many choices according to their own diet then just choose healthily diet.

Stay healthy with good food and a good mood.





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