Re:Lab-grown meat may never be cost-competitive enough to di...
by dqv on Thursday September 23, 2021 @12:29AM
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For yogurt at least, the casein yeast will hopefully give rise to yogurt that is much closer to cowmilk yogurt. We’ll probably see a formulation that uses yeast-derived casein in the next 5 years.
I was in the store just a day or so ago looking at alternative meats and I _also_ found the sodium content to be a bit high in some (though offhand, I can't remember if it's Impossible specifically). A frustrating aspect of some of these alternatives is that they overload on this stuff to get around taste differences - many of the coconut yogurts have more sugar than their dairy counterparts, for instance.
I generally prefer these options but it's frustrating that they have these caveats. Would be nice if we could learn from the mistakes made in the existing products.