Impossible Foods Obtains FDA Approval To Sell Meat Substitute In US Food Stores

After some doubts at the first stage, the Office made an official decision that soy protein leghemoglobin – the main nutritional supplement in the Impossible Burgers hamburger, which gives them a meaty taste and a kind of “meat with blood” – is safe for consumers.

Currently, anyone can buy fake meat Impossible Foods in the numerous restaurants with which the company collaborates.

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via engadget:

Fake meat is coming to a barbecue near you. Impossible Foods has been granted approval by the FDA to sell its plant-based meat in US grocery stores this fall, reported Bloomberg. After expressing some initial doubts, the agency formally ruled that soy leghemoglobin — the additive in Impossible Burgers that gives it a meat-like flavor and makes it “bleed” — is safe for consumers to eat. If no objections are raised, the FDA rule change becomes effective on September 4th.

Currently, consumers can only purchase Impossible Foods’ fake meat at the many restaurants it has partnerships with — including Burger King, Qdoba and Claim Jumper. Bringing Impossible Burgers to supermarket aisles will be sure to increase its mainstream relevance and expose it to a wide market. It also ensures that Impossible Foods keeps up with its competitor Beyond Meat, which already sells its products in grocery stores. High demand this summer even lead to Beyond Meat’s product being out of stock at select Whole Foods store. Impossible Foods faced shortages of its own this year, and has since doubled employment at its Oakland facility and teamed up with a food production company, OSI Group, to increase supplies.

 

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