We continue to watch food technology. Everything is seething.
Eat yogurt and lose weight: an Austrian company has discovered a probiotic with a weight-loss effect. Strains for the drug were found in a fermented porridge eaten by members of the Kenyan Mbere people.
In France, they obtained a natural and useful dye from microalgae - blue, the most difficult to produce. Why is blue in food? For the mood, of course.
Spirulina has proven to work well as a substitute for chicken. An Israeli startup made nuggets out of it. The sticks were crispy and healthy: 80% alternative protein and prebiotic fiber. Of course, they are far from our highgets, but I would try.
In Sevastopol, marmalades, kefir, ice cream and even cough drops were enriched with spirulina. Algae are grown using phytobioreactors and their vitamin composition is controlled. Do you need iodine, iron or zinc? Yogurt with spirulina - instead of a thousand tablets.
In the Urals, they have learned to extend the shelf life of products through high-pressure treatment. Fish, meat, and vegetables are placed in hydrostats, where harmful bacteria are killed. Freshly squeezed juice after this treatment can be stored for up to two months.
The German manufacturer Veganz Mililk has released oat milk in the form of thin A4 sheets. Plates printed on a 2D printer are convenient to store, transport and use. You can break off as much as you need, mix in a blender with water and add to coffee. “Barista, I’d like a cappuccino with a slice of oatmeal, please.”
Wide Open Agriculture has come up with the idea of adding lupine protein to oat milk. That same beautiful flower in your grandmother’s flowerbed is the record holder for protein content. Milk as a superfood - interesting...
In China, they encroached on the sacred and made dumplings from peanut “meat”. By the way, peanuts are also a good source of protein.
An equally interesting trick was pulled off with analog fish. Two startups teamed up to 3D print salmon fillets made from mushrooms. No fish, mercury or microplastics. But there is a lot of protein, B vitamins and omega-3 fatty acids, like traditional salmon.
And eat the fish... and don’t choke on the bone.