When I heard that Marlow Foods, parent company of Quorn, had reported a £63 million loss due to declining demand for plant-based products, it came as no surprise. Quorn is a hideous meat substitute that would work better as cotton wool, or sandpaper. Depending on what form you buy it in, it can be wet and slimy, or hard and grainy. In short, it looks (and very probably tastes) like cat litter – after the cat has used it. Though as CEO Marco Bertacca himself says, ‘there’s nothing quite like mycoprotein’ (my emphasis).
In short, it looks (and very probably tastes) like cat litter – after the cat has used it
A Washington-based group called the Center for Science in the Public Interest, has documented hundreds of reported allergic reactions to the product, ranging from vomiting, abdominal pain, to anaphylactic shock. The Center for Science in the Public Interest have long urged the FDA to ban Quorn’s sale, citing reports of its allergenicity dating back to the 1970s.
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