Revealing how Impossible Food turns vegetables into meat

After many years of quietly working, the company with this breakthrough food technology also revealed its shocking secret and surprise about the "meat" that makes people more enchanted than real beef.

Perhaps this is one of the most "closed mouth" hamburgers in the world's food development history.

When a reporter of The Guardian was allowed to try it in 2012, he had to accept the terms of commitment not to write about it, the creator and the taste of taste.

In fact, this cake doesn't look any different from the thirsty hamburgers. But the mystery lies in the fact that the beef content in the slices is not really meat.

The company behind the product line, Impossible Food , appeared on a food show on 2015 when Google was reportedly trying to buy the name. According to many reputable sources, technology giant Google has offered up to about 200-300 million dollars, but in the end it has not reached a conclusion and the final agreement between the two.

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In fact, the beef in this slice is not really meat.

Those who are fortunate to taste the burger always give "winged" remarks about it, the texture is soft, the taste is irresistible.

After years of burying their secrets, Impossible Food finally unveiled the secret, revealing the reason why its bread has unique and distinctive characteristics, especially in terms of ingredients and meat content. Inside.

What a surprise! The esoteric formula regarding all of our vegetarian "meat" cakes is in fact closely related to . sap.

A molecule called heme is found in plants and animals that carry oxygen through blood vessels (similar to the mechanism of energy production in plants). Heme also contributes to one of the factors that make up the red color of the blood, the pink color of the meat and gives the hamburgers a characteristic, delicious and delicate flavor and aroma when reacting to sugar and amino acids.

Going back to Impossible Food, they implanted heme molecules into the brewed enamel, creating a temporary compatible environment to produce and maintain heme. According to the announcement from NPR, this process yielded a much more productive, efficient and significantly more preserved time than when extracting heme from plants such as soybeans, and finally allowing the company to build large chains support their production.

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The esoteric formula of this food involves sap.

"No plant-based 'meat' is integrated into this ingredient," said Impossible Food spokesman via email to Tech Insider.

And the end result is far beyond expectation, convincing even those with the most difficult eating habits. The spokesman also added that when they counted on thousands of people, only a few were able to see the difference, albeit very small, between its products and a true beef burger.

Expected attractive and unique products will be popularly served at high-end restaurants, starting with New York next summer. This also means that the company will receive more valuable feedback from customers and chefs, aiming to further improve the overall quality before developing the broad business model by itself. future.

"It's not about which kind of beef you eat, but where the meat is processed and produced," said the spokesman.