Plant-Based Pork Exists (and We Can’t Wait to Taste It!)
For many people, it’s a wonderful development that these days you can eat thick, juicy burgers while leaving cows in peace, and at the same time be more conscious of the environment. Plant-based burgers are flying off the shelves, and most fast-food chains are joining the movement too. And in the meantime, there’s another first…
Because while the focus of plant-based alternatives so far has mainly been on replacing beef (as with the aforementioned burgers), the company Impossible Foods (which makes the famous Impossible Burger) has started producing and selling plant-based pork. And that’s quite a remarkable piece of news!
David Chang Got the First Taste
All the more so because the launch took place on the menu at Momofuku Ssåm Bar in New York, the now-legendary restaurant of celebrity chef David Chang. When you watch Chang cook and eat (check out his Netflix series Ugly Delicious, for example), you immediately believe that this man knows what tastes good, so we’re definitely looking forward to Impossible Pork! Chang will serve it as ‘pork’ ragù, and according to Impossible Foods, the flavor is ‘mildly savory with a balanced rich umami flavor without, for example, tasting gamey or being strongly overpowering’. Intriguing!
Just a Little More Patience
It will probably be a while before we can taste it in the Netherlands and find out whether Impossible Pork really tastes as good as it sounds. After New York, Hong Kong was next, where it first appeared on the menus of several popular restaurants on October 4 of that year (World Animal Day). In November 2021, it will be introduced in Singapore, and hopefully from there begin a world tour toward Western Europe, because we’re incredibly curious about it…
That Deserves a Pat on the Back
Production uses 81–85% less water and 66–82% less land than the production of ground pork, and therefore causes 73–77% fewer greenhouse-gas emissions. So it’s certainly doing good things, and now we’ll just keep our fingers crossed that it’s also delicious.
Also read:
- Albert Heijn launches new shelf-stable plant-based dairy alternatives (and the choice is huge)
- Yes: two new veggie hits at Burger King
- Why don’t we drink pig’s milk?
Image: Impossible Foods
