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Data on quorn, which is this thing’s spiritual ancestor (the fungus used in quorn isn’t genetically modified, and the product has been around as an experimental product since the 60s and a commercial one since the 80s): https://www.quornnutrition.com/essential-amino-acids

(Note that this is data from the manufacturer.)



i used to eat quorn until i read something about it which purported it was dogshit for health. Stuff like this is very cool scientifically - but - cherrypicking stuff and ramming it into a fungus "because meat" doesnt fill me with confidence that this is healthy to eat at all. What it does scream is - selling plant based foods because they will sell to meat eaters. Actual health outcomes be damned. Is this stuff going to be tested for a decade before its deemed safe to eat?


> i used to eat quorn until i read something about it which purported it was dogshit for health.

I mean, you can find negative health claims, albeit often of dubious value, for _literally anything_, so, absent more context, I wouldn't take that at all seriously.

> Stuff like this is very cool scientifically - but - cherrypicking stuff and ramming it into a fungus "because meat" doesnt fill me with confidence that this is healthy to eat at all.

That isn't what quorn was; it's not genetically modified (given that it's from the _early 60s_, it'd be a very good trick if it was).


> until i read something about it which purported it was dogshit for health

Well, that surely settles it.




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