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Headline: Scientists Create 3D-Printed Vegan Calamari With Real Seafood Taste
Caption: Scientists have created a 3D-printed, vegan, calamari alternative that tastes just like the real thing. The researchers 3D-printed an 'ink' made from microalgae protein and mung bean protein and their proof-of-concept calamari rings can even be air-fried for a quick, tasty snack. The scientists, Dejian Huang, Ph.D., and Poornima Vijayan tested two sustainable, high-protein plant sources: microalgae and mung beans. Some microalgae already have a “fishy” taste, which made them a good candidate to use in the squid-ring replica. Mung bean protein is an underutilised waste product from manufacturing starch noodles, a popular ingredient in many Asian dishes. Vegan seafood has generally been difficult to create as it is hard to achieve the nutritional content, unique textures, and mild flavours of cooked fish meat using vegetables. As a result scientists from the National University of Singapore hope their new ‘vegan seafood’ can help combat overfishing. They had previously created salmon fillets using with protein from red lentils because of the protein’s colour. The research was presented at the fall meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS) in San Francisco in August 2023.
Keywords: Calamari,Vegan,Vegetarian,Science,Seafood,Fish,Eating,Culinary,Food,Restaurants,Tech,Technology,Future,Flavour,Taste,Plant-Based,Offbeat,3-D Printed,Printing,Microplastic,San Francisco
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