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U.S. agricultural commodities and food processing giant Archer Daniels Midland Co (ADM) and Hong Kong-based Avant Meats are opening food labs in Singapore to expand their production of plant-based meat and fish analogs in the region.
ADM’s facility, to be located in its Biopolis research hub in Singapore, will focus on developing “new nutritious products to help meet rising demand of food and beverage in the Asia-Pacific region,” ADM Asia-Pacific President Leo Liu said in a 22 April press release.
“Protein continues to be a focus for consumers who are experimenting with plant-based options to meet their health and nutrition, sustainability and convenience preferences, and with Asia being home to 60 percent of the world’s population, Singapore is a critical hub of innovation and growth around plant-based alternatives,” Liu said.
Hong Kong cooks up ‘clean’ lab-grown fish
By Marianne Bray / Thomson Reuters Foundation, HONG KONG
When chef Eddy Leung was tasked with cooking what was touted as the world’s first lab-grown fish fillets in his kitchen in Hong Kong, he pan-fried some and deep-fried others before finally deciding on breaded fish burgers with tartare sauce.
“Before I cooked the fish it was quite firm, but after I cooked it, the texture changed to being like real fish,” Leung said of the culinary experiment that took place in the gritty Wong Chuk Hang neighborhood late last year.
The fillets tasted and smelled like normal fish, but with the consistency of crab cakes, he said.
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When chef Eddy Leung was tasked with cooking what was touted as the world’s first lab-grown fish filets in his kitchen in southwestern Hong Kong, he pan-fried some and deep-fried others before finally deciding on breaded fish burgers with tartar sauce.
“Before I cooked the fish it was quite firm, but after I cooked it the texture changed to being like real fish,” Mr. Leung said of the culinary experiment that took place in the gritty Wong Chuk Hang neighborhood late last year.
The filets tasted and smelled like normal fish, but with the consistency of crab cakes, he said.
Hong Kong-based cultivated meat biotechnology start-up Avant has developed a collagen ingredient from its cell cultivation technology, hoping to commercialise it for cosmetics use by early 2022.