Although it is made of plants, plant-based meat is designed to resemble and taste like meat from animals.
Some people choose vegan meat in order to protect the environment, while others do so because they don’t want to harm animals. Greenhouse gases are released by meat-raising animals during their digestion process as well as during the process of growing the food they consume. Climate change is a result of all of this.
Plant-based diets are becoming more popular, but this food is not a recent development. Historians surmise that soy milk was the source of tofu’s invention in China nearly 2,000 years ago. It was introduced to Japan and other countries throughout time. Since Buddhist monks abstain from eating meat, they started preparing meals that mimicked the flavor and texture of meat using tofu.
Other people also made their own imitation meat. Indonesians fermented soybeans hundreds of years ago to create tempeh, a fantastic source of protein and other nutrients. John Harvey Kellogg used wheat gluten and peanuts to create the first meat substitute in the West in the late 1800s.
Nowadays, businesses are coming up with creative ways to use plant-based protein sources to make vegetarian meat. Some people can make vegetarian beef just as juicy as cow’s meat. Some businesses make vegan fish with a flaky texture using 3D printers.
There are numerous ways to experiment with plant-based meat, ranging from conventional tofu to contemporary veggie burgers.
