https://freerepublic.com/tag/frankenfood/ en-us Sun, 22 Feb 2026 13:39:53 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4367842/posts However, he also argued that the world must embrace a future where controversial gene-edited foods are commonplace on supermarket shelves. He said we will soon be eating meat and drinking milk from animals whose evolution has been ‘sped up’ using technology. This could include cows and chickens bred to resist disease and grow faster, as gene editing techniques make them ‘more efficient’ in every way. Experts are working out how to ‘accelerate’ the selection of traits that already occur naturally within an animal, he explained. Scientists have bred cows with ‘elite genetics’ that could see tastier steaks, burgers and mince... UK Daily Mail https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4367842/posts#comment Sun, 22 Feb 2026 13:39:53 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/4346232/posts A bellwether in the vegan food industry is getting a raw deal on Wall Street. Beyond Meat — once worth $7.8billion — is now almost worthless after an attempt to tackle its debt got the thumbs down from investors. The near collapse of Beyond isn't just a blow for the company itself — it's a clear symptom of the wider vegan food industry. As the poster child for plant-based meat, analysts say its struggles underline the sector's core problems: limited consumer demand, high prices, and products that often fail to deliver on taste or convenience. Beyond's stock plunged 50 percent... Daily Mail https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/4346232/posts#comment Tue, 14 Oct 2025 04:32:43 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4343711/posts Hey, kids — it's trivia time. But don't sweat today's question because it's an easy one. What do you get when you take carbon dioxide captured from the atmosphere, hydrogen from water split by renewable energy, and glycerol, then use proprietary catalysts in high-pressure bubble reactors to synthesize hydrocarbon chains, oxidize them into fatty acids, esterify them into triglycerides that mimic the molecular structure of a common fat, and finally blend and crystallize the result, before extruding it into four-ounce sticks? Something very much but not exactly like butter! See, I told you this was an easy one. But don't... https://pjmedia.com/ https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4343711/posts#comment Wed, 1 Oct 2025 16:11:17 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3538806/posts For several years anti-abortion advocates have been warning that a new technology for enhancing flavors such as sweetness and saltiness uses aborted fetal cells in the process. The biotech company using this novel process, Senomyx, has signed contracts with Pepsi, Ajinomoto Co. (the maker of aspartame and meat glue), Nestlé and other food and beverage companies over the past several years. The primary goal for many of these processed food companies is to make foods and beverages tasty while reducing sugar and salt content. While Senomyx refuses to disclose the details of the process, its patent applications indicate that part... Health Impact News https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3538806/posts#comment Tue, 28 Mar 2017 17:37:22 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3577357/posts Full headline: Would you eat a burger made from INSECTS? Mealworm-based food line set to hit grocery stores in Switzerland next week Switzerland's second-largest supermarket chain, Coop, announced it would begin selling an insect burger, and insect balls, based on protein-rich mealworm. ... Swiss food safety laws were changed last May to allow for the sale of food items containing three types of insects: crickets, grasshoppers and mealworms, which are the larval form of the mealworm beetle. These insects, long used in animal feed, must be bred under strict supervision for four generations before they are considered appropriate for human... dailymail.co.uk https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3577357/posts#comment Tue, 15 Aug 2017 16:24:48 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3970231/posts A New York Times analysis found no identifiable tuna DNA in Subway’s tuna sandwich, the newspaper reported over the weekend, citing tests conducted by a commercial lab. The Times bought 60 inches of Subway tuna sandwiches from three different Subway locations in Los Angeles. A reporter for the newspaper then removed and froze the tuna and sent it to an unidentified commercial food testing lab. The newspaper said it paid roughly $500 for the lab to conduct a PCR test to see if the substance had one of five different tuna species. After a month, the lab said it found... The Hill https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3970231/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jun 2021 13:20:25 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3970632/posts Subway claims that its tuna is "100% wild caught," but a lab test paid for by The New York Times found absolutely no tuna DNA in over 60 inches of sandwich. Not The Bee https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3970632/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jun 2021 16:31:56 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4109703/posts The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the first time cleared a meat product grown from animal cells for human consumption, the agency announced on Wednesday.UPSIDE Foods, a company that makes cell-cultured chicken by harvesting cells from live animals and using the cells to grow meat in stainless-steel tanks, will be able to bring its products to market once it has been inspected by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), said a release from the FDA. “The world is experiencing a food revolution and the (FDA) is committed to supporting innovation in the food supply,” said FDA Commissioner Robert... Euronews https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4109703/posts#comment Wed, 16 Nov 2022 23:56:33 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4125505/posts In two days an EU regulation will go into effect that allows for ‘acheta domesticus’, aka house crickets, to be added to flour, bread, pasta etc. as an ‘authorised novel food for the general population’. They want you to eat bugs without you knowing it.🦗 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX%3A32023R0005 The application requested for partially defatted powder obtained from whole Acheta domesticus (house cricket) to be used in multigrain bread and rolls, crackers and breadsticks, cereal bars, dry pre-mixes for baked products, biscuits, dry stuffed and non-stuffed pasta-based products, sauces, processed potato products, legume- and vegetable- based dishes, pizza, pasta-based products, whey powder, meat... Not the Bee https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4125505/posts#comment Mon, 23 Jan 2023 22:43:43 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4192472/posts “Italy is the first nation to say no to synthetic food, to so-called ‘synthetic meat’. It does so with a formal and official act,” Health Minister Orazio Schillaci announced. “The resolution calls for a commitment to ban the production, marketing, and import of synthetic foods within our territory. “These regulations aim to regulate situations where the environmental public health could be at risk, or when there is uncertainty regarding the effects of certain products that are being or will be introduced to the market or consumed,” Schillaci continued. “It is crucial to have measures in place to address these potential... The Exposé https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4192472/posts#comment Thu, 26 Oct 2023 16:16:29 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4334772/posts Beyond Meat has pushed back against rumors that it has filed for bankruptcy, calling recent media reports “unequivocally false.” The denial comes after several headlines suggested the company was headed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy – a court-supervised process that allows businesses or individuals to restructure debts while continuing to operate and repay creditors. According to Beyond Meat, the rumors are unfounded. In a statement to Plant Based News, a company spokesperson said: “We have not filed, nor are we planning to file, for bankruptcy.” Beyond Meat’s financial struggles Beyond Meat CEO Ethan Brown recently expressed disappointment at the company’s fall... Plant Based News https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4334772/posts#comment Fri, 15 Aug 2025 16:30:07 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4333955/posts > You would have never guessed that Bill Gates was backing this new carbon-based butter, would you? Butter made from carbon tastes like the real thing, gets backing from Bill Gates A company in Batavia, Illinois is making butter in a way you've never seen before. No animals, no plants, no oils; this butter is made from carbon. WWW.CBSNEWS.COM https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/butter-carbon-bill-gates-batavia-illinois/ This stuff is being produced by Savor in the Chicago suburbs. The butter uses no animals, no plants, and no oils. I simply cannot fathom the idea, so I'll quote Bill Gates' blog: They ultimately developed a process that involves... Not The Bee https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4333955/posts#comment Mon, 11 Aug 2025 16:13:48 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4322698/posts The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared its first-ever lab-grown fish for sale in the United States — based entirely on data submitted by the manufacturer. Wildtype, a California-based food tech company, is now approved to serve its cell-cultivated coho salmon.This FDA approval makes Wildtype the fourth company cleared to market lab-grown animal products in the country. The salmon is now available on the menu at Kann, a high-profile Haitian restaurant in Portland. The company plans to roll out its “salmon” in four additional restaurants in the coming months, followed by a broader launch into the food-service sector.What FDA... The New American https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4322698/posts#comment Thu, 12 Jun 2025 20:51:47 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4316135/posts The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last week gave a U.K.-based biotech company the green light to produce gene-edited pigs for human consumption in the U.S. PIC, formerly the Pig Improvement Company, uses CRISPR gene-editing technology to genetically engineer pigs to be resistant to porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS), a viral infection that affects pigs produced in industrial factory farms, according to Technology Review. PRRS, which first emerged in the 1980s, is a contagious respiratory virus that causes fever, respiratory issues and reproductive failure in pigs. It can also suppress the immune system, making pigs more vulnerable to... America First Report https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4316135/posts#comment Sat, 10 May 2025 13:21:09 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4313880/posts In a nutshell * Scientists successfully 3D printed plant-based calamari rings using mung bean protein and microalgae, creating a seafood alternative that closely matches real squid in texture and even surpasses it in protein content. * The 10% microalgae formulation achieved the best results, producing calamari mimics that were softer, springier, and structurally similar to real calamari, without relying on overfished marine resources. * This innovation highlights a promising future for sustainable seafood alternatives, leveraging underused crops like mung beans and algae to reduce pressure on ocean ecosystems while meeting growing demand for plant-based foods. ******************************************************************************* SINGAPORE — Your next... Study Finds https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4313880/posts#comment Tue, 29 Apr 2025 01:07:02 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4244933/posts In 2024, lab-grown meat, or cultured meat, reached a point of gaining several regulatory approvals in various countries. These approvals mark crucial steps forward for the industry, assuring the public that the food is safe to eat and that investors are making wise decisions. It’s an industry that is projected to reach a value of $25 billion by 2030! However, some countries have gone as far as to ban the meat as it gets caught up in all sorts of political games Labgrownmeat https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4244933/posts#comment Mon, 17 Jun 2024 19:35:29 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4244269/posts A Pentagon-funded company is seeking proposals to feed America’s soldiers lab-grown meat in a bid to "reduce the CO2 footprint" at Defense Department outposts. BioMADE, a public-private company that has received more than $500 million in funding from the Defense Department, announced earlier this month that it is seeking proposals to develop "innovations in food production that reduce the CO2 footprint of food production at ... DoD operational environments," according to an online announcement. These include "novel cell culture methods suitable for the production of cultivated meat/protein," or lab-grown meat, a product that is still in its experimental phases. This... Free Beacon https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4244269/posts#comment Fri, 14 Jun 2024 13:20:15 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4225434/posts Scientists in Brazil have engineered a cow to produce human insulin in its milk, making history as the world’s first transgenic cow capable of such a feat. Though still a long way off, the researchers hope that this bovine breakthrough could open doors for sustainable insulin production and help tackle the world's insulin supply problems. For now, the achievement is just a proof-of-concept – but with additional testing and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval, it could be scaled up to rival current insulin production methods, which involve genetically modified yeast and bacteria. "Mother Nature designed the mammary gland as... IFL Science https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4225434/posts#comment Tue, 19 Mar 2024 20:07:12 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4219598/posts Plant-based diets are often seen as healthier alternatives to eating meat and dairy - with around one in five adopting the diet for health reasons. The way of eating, which has risen in popularity by at least a third since 2017, can involve anything from ditching meat, to going fully vegan, without eggs, milk or cheese. However, these foods could be loaded with sodium, which could raise blood pressure, packed with obesity-causing saturated fat, and stripped of bone-building calcium, a major analysis suggests. Researchers evaluated more than 700 plant-based foods sold in supermarkets, including burgers, sausages, milk, cheese, and yogurt,... Daily Mail https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4219598/posts#comment Sat, 24 Feb 2024 02:07:46 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4198253/posts Beef burgers are back on the menu as demand for vegan food plunges.Veganism is being edged out and meat is back on the menu with the latest craze among foodies being ‘smashed burgers’, new data suggests.Plant-based brand Beyond Meat last week revealed its revenue had dropped by 9 per cent as demand for its animal alternatives stalled. american thinker https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4198253/posts#comment Tue, 21 Nov 2023 02:11:43 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/4191242/posts In case you’re wondering, corporate America has gone so far to the dark side that they might never find their way back. Just like science, medicine, education, and the military, US corporations have gone woke, eagerly carrying the torch for progressive globalists determined to turn the world into a dystopian, bug-infested nightmare for the average person. Meanwhile, the global elites will continue to jet around on private planes, savor the finest cuts of red meat, and sip champagne through plastic straws. Clearly, the rules only apply to us lowly commoners.One such turncoat corporation is Tyson Foods—a company many of us... PatriotandLiberty https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/4191242/posts#comment Sat, 21 Oct 2023 08:14:09 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4190725/posts Tyson Foods announced it had invested in insect-protein supplier Protix and plans to build a partnership US production facility. “The American meatpacker said Tuesday that it agreed to buy a stake in Dongen, Netherlands-based Protix BV to help fund its expansion. The companies will also form a joint venture to build and operate a US facility that will produce bug-based meal and oil, which are typically used in fish feed and dog food. Financial terms of the deal weren’t disclosed,” Bloomberg reported. The meat giant did not disclose the size of its minority stake it has taken in Protix. Protix... Daily Fetched https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4190725/posts#comment Thu, 19 Oct 2023 12:24:22 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4167808/posts * One of the latest GMO Frankenfoods is Piggy Sooy, a soybean genetically engineered to contain pig protein. One or more undisclosed pig genes are spliced into conventional soya to create a soybean with 26.6% animal protein * Moolec, the U.K.-based company that developed Piggy Sooy, is also working on developing a pea plant that produces beef protein. The company claims these transgenic hybrids will provide similar taste, texture and nutritional value as meat, without the high cost of cultured or lab-grown meat alternatives * June 21, 2023, the U.S. Department of Agriculture authorized the sale of cell-cultivated chicken from... Discern Report https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4167808/posts#comment Fri, 14 Jul 2023 12:45:55 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4159050/posts One of Taco Bell’s most recognizable menu items is going vegan. The chain is testing a vegan Crunchwrap, marking the first time that Taco Bell has sold a fully vegan entree. Similar to a traditional Crunchwrap, the vegan version uses a “proprietary, boldly seasoned” plant-based protein created by the company, and is then topped with two vegan sauces: a blanco sauce (similar to sour cream) and a vegan nacho sauce. Then it’s all wrapped in a crunchy tostada shell. However, it’s not going nationwide just yet: A total of three Taco Bell locations — one each in New York City,... Channel 3000 News/CNN https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4159050/posts#comment Wed, 7 Jun 2023 13:03:28 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4073376/posts Plants are growing in complete darkness in an acetate medium that replaces biological photosynthesis. Photosynthesis has evolved in plants for millions of years to turn water, carbon dioxide, and the energy from sunlight into plant biomass and the foods we eat. This process, however, is very inefficient, with only about 1% of the energy found in sunlight ending up in the plant. Scientists at UC Riverside and the University of Delaware have found a way to bypass the need for biological photosynthesis altogether and create food independent of sunlight by using artificial photosynthesis. The research, published in Nature Food,... phys.org https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4073376/posts#comment Thu, 23 Jun 2022 17:37:28 GMT