Life&Style's Melanie Oliveiro wades into the condiments world by speaking to Alvin Choo, the 30-year-old 5th Generation co-owner and Business Development Manager of Kwong Cheong Thye, a local family business that’s been running their soya sauce empire for more than 130 years. How did they preserve their recipe
there s been an enormous increase in demand for plant based foods in the uk it s growing at 30% a year. and growing peas could save farmers £15 million each year. that s because they don t need any fertiliser. and that would reduce co2 emissions by a whopping 24,000 tonnes each year. and british grown flavourless peas would reduce the need for imported soya, which is widely used in many plant based foods. we all know we re facing a climate emergency. a lot of soya is produced in south america and a fair proportion of it is produced following rainforest deforestation. and that obviously carries a big footprint. the aim now is to produce a completely new variety of pea that s more nutritious, easy to harvest, and most importantly, doesn t taste at all like a pea. palab ghosh, bbc news, norwich.
in the uk it s growing at 30% a year. and growing peas could save farmers £15 million each year. that s because they don t need any fertiliser. and that would reduce co2 emissions by a whopping 2a,000 tonnes each year. and british grown flavourless peas would reduce the need for imported soya, which is widely used in many plant based foods. we all know we re facing a climate emergency. a lot of soya is produced in south america and a fair proportion of it is produced following rainforest deforestation. and that obviously carries a big footprint. the aim now is to produce a completely new variety of pea that s more nutritious, easy to harvest, and most importantly, doesn t taste at all like a pea. palab ghosh, bbc news, norwich. that s it from us.
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