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What makes the Impossible Burger look and taste like real beef?

  • Written by Mark R. O'Brian, Professor and Chair of Biochemistry, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
What makes the Impossible Burger look and taste like real beef?An Impossible Burger sidewalk sign in San Francisco. Chris Allan/Shutterstock.com

People eat animals that eat plants. If we just eliminate that middle step and eat plants directly, we would diminish our carbon footprint, decrease agricultural land usage, eliminate health risks associated with red meat and alleviate ethical concerns over animal...

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