Are Plant- and Fungus-Based Meats Really Better than the Real Thing?

Move over, beef: there’s a new burger in town. Plant-based meats
are sizzling hot right now; in 2020 alone, the alternative meat
industry saw a record $3.1 billion in investment, with 112 new
plant-based brands launching in supermarkets. These juicy, savory,
chewy fake burgers are a far cry from the dry, weird-tasting veggie
patties of the past. This episode, we visit the Impossible Foods
labs to swig some of the animal-free molecule that makes their
meatless meat bleed, try fungal food start-up Meati's prototype
"chicken" cutlet, and speak to the scientists and historians who
can help us compare these new fake meats to their predecessors—and
to real meat! Can a plant-based sausage roll be considered kosher
or halal? Are plant-based meats actually better for you and for the
environment? And how might a mysterious protein-powerhouse fungus
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