Personally I prefer the flavour of plant-based alternatives over dairy milk. So I don’t see myself having any interest in buying it.
However, if they can engineer milk proteins for cheese production than I am very excited. Casein proteins are biochemical miracles and no plant-based cheeses are able to mimic the protein matrix in cheese properly. Instead they end up relying on starches to set, which isn’t the same at all.
I wonder how it’ll do on cost… and regulatory progress in other countries.
Will be watching with interest.
Probably will be something outrageous like $12 for a liter, but who knows.
very cool, ive been thinking about this sort of thing for a while. hopefully this can scale well enough and eventually incorporate fats, water, and other milk components that this industry could replace the traditional dairy industry. it could possibly be a huge benefit for the environment
This is the best thing I’ve seen in a while. And it’s even sugar free by default, astonishing!
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You can literally just use water for baking, what are you talking about?
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The difference is so negligible as to be irrelevant to all but the most elite of foodies. Most people will eat garbage and love it, let’s be honest.
If you could give people something indistinguishable from cows milk, you could make millions of foods and drinks vegan overnight.
Canada does have soy, and it’s failed to do that.
I’m not gonna begrudge anybody their use of meat or dairy alternatives, but I don’t think I’m in favor of them. Or at least, I hope they’re not the main solution we try to use to combat climate change. Again, I have no problem with individuals using them but it feels like at the societal level, they’re just an excuse to not change anything. Like the idea is we can keep consuming endlessly as long as we’re consuming something slightly less damaging to the environment.
I would also hate to see the agriculture industry replaced by manufacturers of these alternatives. The agriculture industry sucks and is terrible for small farms, but at least small farms are still there. If that industry is replaced, my fear is that small farms won’t be able to sustain themselves even with innovative or regenerative practices and our only options for meat/dairy will be large corporations. (I know most people already get their meat/dairy from large corporations, but I’d love to see us move more towards local farms than replace all farms with more corporations)
