Made from peas, green beans and cocoa butter.

The leading U.S.-based artificial meat company, called Beyond Meat, said on July 25 that it had reached a partnership agreement with McDonald's to provide it with artificial meat products for most of the next three years. However, according to the financial report of Beyond Meat, the company lost about 25.1 million dollars in the fourth quarter of the last year, and the stock price of Beyond has been going down since February. Under the agreement, Beyond will be the patty supplier for McDonald's faux-meat category of burgers, a meat substitute that is being tested in the marketplace for this purpose. In addition, the two companies will also work together to develop alternatives to foods such as pork and chicken, as well as eggs. So how is artificial meat made?

There are two types of artificial meat: artificial real meat and artificial fake meat. The source of artificial real meat is live cells extracted from animals, also known as cellular meat, test tube meat and other names. Artificial fake meat is synthesized from plant proteins and made from peas, green beans, and cocoa butter. Artificial meat is the upgrading of traditional vegetarian meat food, through high-tech means, adding vegetable oil and other additives, after heating and other conditions to simulate the shape, flavor as well as texture of meat.

As soon as artificial meat was introduced, many capitalists began to aim at this piece of cake. Bill Gates has advocated artificial meat food and also invested in several artificial meat companies. Will eating artificial meat be healthier than real meat? In terms of artificial meat on the market, the selling point claimed by manufacturers has the same protein content as meat. However, the protein in artificial meat species lacks methionine and is still inferior to the protein in meat. Artificial meat has almost no cholesterol and low fatty acid content. It can reduce the occurrence of coronary heart disease. We know that beef, lamb, the content of saturated fatty acids is relatively high, saturated fatty acids are lower in favor of improving dyslipidemia.

Artificial meat is not real meat, soy products to create a meat texture, flavor, food additives are indispensable. If the human body long-term consumption of food additives, then, to some extent, will jeopardize the health of the kidneys, liver and other organs. Artificial meat can reduce the consumption of resources, the emission of greenhouse gases and the pollution of the environment by drugs in the breeding process. The equipment used in the production process does not guarantee that cross-contamination may occur during the production process.

As much as there is room for artificial meat, there is no evidence that it is just better than traditional meat. There are nutrients in traditional meat that plant-based meats cannot replace. The Chinese market has no safety standards compiled for artificial meat products, to prevent the phenomenon of a flurry of phenomena to avoid bringing safety hazards.