Creating food from plant proteins

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rom the plant protein added to mayonnaise and cookies which replaces the need for eggs, to a proposed cheeseburger made entirely from plants, biotech start-ups are looking at ways to reinvent food and replace the need to use animal products.

 

Our addiction to food from animals is one of the real issues in terms of mitigating the causes of climate change, but now, it seems all our food could be plant based.

 

Watch this short BBC clip here.