Soy hemoglobin: the magical ingredient that makes artificial meat perfect

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nutritioninsightRecently, the
FDA
approved soybeans to extract hemoglobin as a colorant for artificial meat, the first time the ingredient has been approved as a food additive. Soybean hemoglobin, which gives food a beef-like reddish-brown and texture, has been used by
Mpossible Foods
to produce vegetarian burgers.1Imposible Foods
, a Silicon Valley start-up founded by Stanford University professor Professor Patrick Brown in
2011
, has attracted investment from celebrities such as Bill Gates and Li Ka-shing and is now financing more than $
4
billion. The company, which specializes in the production of meat-related foods, uses plants to produce meat directly, to create nutritious foods that are healthy through science and technology, and to provide food in a sustainable manner to a growing population. The company's flagship
, Impossible Burger
( Incredible Burger) has been sold in most parts of the United States.The ingredients list for ImpossibleBurger
includes: water, soy protein, coconut oil, sunflower oil, natural flavor,
2%
or less: potato quality, methyl cellulose, yeast extract, cultured glucose, food additive edible modified starch, soy hemoglobin, salt, soybean isolator, mixed tocopherol (vitamin
E

), zinc gluconate, vitamins (vitamin
B1
), sodium astrophate (vitamin
C
), niacin, sterol hydrochloride (vitamin
B6
), nuclear lilactin (vitamin
B2
), vitamin
B12
.In which soy hemoglobin is the key to the success of vegetarian meat burgers, added, vegetarian meat burgers in the fiber structure and taste closer to the real beef burger, and when baked hissing, the flesh color darkens and exudes a burst of meat aroma.Impossible Foods
with many restaurants in metropolitan areas such as San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York City.
Impossible
's burgers are now available on the menus of more than
,
restaurants, and the company is launching their burgers to chains across the United States. This summer, the company also teamed up with Burger King to launch
Impossible Whopper in
.2Soy hemoglobin: "Magic" ingredientSoy hemoglobin is a hemoglobin, hemoglobin is an essential molecular building block in life, is one of nature's most common molecules, it is the blood carrying oxygen molecules. Hemolybin is found in almost all the foods we eat, is particularly abundant in animal muscles, and is found at the roots of soybean plants. Hemolybin makes meat (meat from animals and plant meat from
Impossible Foods
) uniquely delicious and not only safe to eat, it is also necessary for human life support.Photo Source:
nutritioninsightTo meet global demand for meat and reduce its environmental impact,
ImpossibleFoods
has developed a more sustainable, scalable and affordable way to manufacture hemohemoth and meat without environmental impact. The company genetically engineers and ferments yeast to produce hemoglobin, called soy hemoglobin, that is naturally found in plants.3FDA
review of soy hemoglobinJuly
2018
July
2018
ImpossibleFoods
received an unsyspoilable letter from
FDA
,
FDA
reviewed comprehensive test data on soy bean hemolybin to assess its
GRAS
status that is "generally considered safe." As a standard process,

has also published on its website a full
1,066
-page report from
ImpossibleFoods
for public review.
FDA
also consulted with top food safety experts who agreed that soy hemoglobin is safe to eat and complies with all federal food safety regulations.
fda
also be used as a colorant for potential future applications. A year later, soybean hemoglobin was successfully reviewed as an artificial meat colorant and will play a greater role in the field of artificial meat in the future. are in the midst of a food technology revolution, and the next decade could lead to more innovations in food ingredients than in the past half century, " he said. With these new products and raw materials on
,
FDA has a responsibility to verify the safety of these ingredients and to regulate them appropriately to protect public health. "
Dennis
, director of the Food Additive Safety Office at the
FDA's Center for Food safety
And Nutrition.
FDA
has approved
Impossible Foods
's pigment additive application to use soy hemoglobin as a non-animal protein source to produce artificial meat foods, such as vegetarian burgers. After a thorough review of available scientific information,
FDA
has concluded that the use of this ingredient is safe. The review will allow the use of soy hemoglobin in uncooked artificial beef products sold directly to consumers. The 4 industry is in the litu with attention according to Euromonition Consulting, the global meat substitutes market grew by
22% last year and

18%
. According to
MarketsandMarkets
, a market research firm, the global market for meat substitutes will grow steadily, from
an estimated $
4.6 billion in 2018
-
to $
6.4 billion in
2023 The man-made meat industry is expected to grow to $
10 billion in the next
years, the Guardian
quot
ed analysts as saying. :
consumers are changing their mind at a similar rate. In Australia and Canada, more than half of adults surveyed said they were reducing their intake of red meat. A survey by
consumer analysts
Mintel found that
40 per cent of respondents in the
UK thought "I eat less meat now than before".

28 percent
of
of 18-24-year-olds in the
18-24 years of age believe that "by , my diet may be largely meat-less". addition to healthy eating, artificial meat can also help protect the environment, as meat production processes emit large amounts of greenhouse gases. In addition, artificial meat can also solve the contradiction between population and resource development. According to previous United Nations
estimates, the earth will have a population of
billion by

,
and will meat producers be able to meet the demand for human
?
this is bound to require a lot of alternative meat. , of course, there are many imperfections in artificial meat. First, high prices will be the biggest obstacle to the development of artificial meat. Second, in the taste, the current artificial meat and real meat always have a certain gap, consumers can feel the gap between the two. Third, artificial meat is mainly aimed at vegetarian consumers, for the broader consumer group, consumers do not need to use poor taste artificial meat instead of meat. Fourth, the current regulations on artificial meat regulations are not perfect, from the real large-scale market is still a long way away.