It relies on flavour, texture and cooking style
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AFP - Posted: Jul 14, 2021 | Last Updated: 19 hours ago
SAMAA |
AFP
Posted: Jul 14, 2021 | Last Updated: 19 hours ago
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Have a beef with beef? A burgeoning veggie burger industry is using artificial intelligence to propose alternatives.
Swiss group Firmenich, one of the world’s leading flavour manufacturers, says recreating the sensation of beef relies not only on flavour, texture and colour, but also on how it responds to cooking and the way it feels in the mouth.
“Finding a protein that resembles meat from a vegetable protein is highly complex,” Emmanuel Butstraen, head of Firmenich’s flavours unit, told AFP at the company’s headquarters in Satigny outside Geneva.