Mycoprotein Adventure: Making Meat Alternative
In Mycoprotein Adventure: Making Meat Alternative, presenter Cherry Healey visits a factory that uses lots of chemistry processes to make a protein from a fungus. Learn how the protein is made by fermentation, mixing, and freezing. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Inside the Factory, a series that takes viewers behind the scenes in the factories that make our favorite products.
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Q: Which chemical reactions are involved in creating mycoprotein?
A: Chemical reactions like fermentation change the fungus into the protein.
Q: How does technology help the company make large amounts of mycoprotein?
A: Technology allows them to mix and store the protein as it ferments, then technology allows them to divide and chop large amounts of the protein.
Q: Why do the workers freeze the protein?
A: They freeze it so the individual bits of protein do not melt back into each other.
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