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# The kinds of food we answer for.

Each card below is a kind of food. It names the entries that answer for it, and where the directory lists something of that kind.

8 categories in use

## Categories

8 in use

category

### Alternative protein

The umbrella: protein made by a route other than farming the animal it came from.

Entries

[Where does algae protein come from, and what can you actually buy?](/what-we-know/algae-and-seaweed-protein/) [What is cultivated meat, and where can anyone actually buy it?](/what-we-know/cultivated-meat-and-seafood/) [What is mycoprotein, and is it a fungus or a fermentation?](/what-we-know/mycoprotein-and-biomass/) [How is precision-fermented protein actually made, and where is it approved?](/what-we-know/precision-fermented-protein/)

Shown because an entry answers for it, and the sentence behind it carries its own source.

food type

### Cultivated

Food grown from animal cells in a tank rather than from a whole animal.

Entries

[What is cultivated meat, and where can anyone actually buy it?](/what-we-know/cultivated-meat-and-seafood/)

In the directory

[Listings in this category →](/foods/?category=cultivated)

Shown because an entry answers for it, and the sentence behind it carries its own source.

food type

### Mycoprotein

Foods whose protein comes from a filamentous fungus grown in a tank.

Entries

[What is mycoprotein, and is it a fungus or a fermentation?](/what-we-know/mycoprotein-and-biomass/)

In the directory

[Listings in this category →](/foods/?category=mycoprotein)

Shown because an entry answers for it, and the sentence behind it carries its own source.

food type

### Plant-based

Foods made with ingredients from plants.

Entries

[How do plant-based and animal-based diets compare for health?](/what-we-know/health-comparisons/)

In the directory

[Listings in this category →](/foods/?category=plant-based)

Shown because an entry answers for it, and the sentence behind it carries its own source.

food type

### Precision fermentation

Foods whose useful part is a single molecule made by a micro-organism and then purified.

Entries

[How is precision-fermented protein actually made, and where is it approved?](/what-we-know/precision-fermented-protein/)

Shown because an entry answers for it, and the sentence behind it carries its own source.

food type

### Traditional fermentation

Foods made by fermenting familiar ingredients, the way tempeh and kimchi are made.

Entries

[What is mycoprotein, and is it a fungus or a fermentation?](/what-we-know/mycoprotein-and-biomass/)

In the directory

[Listings in this category →](/foods/?category=traditional-fermentation)

Shown because an entry answers for it, and the sentence behind it carries its own source.

### labelling

Entries

[Where does algae protein come from, and what can you actually buy?](/what-we-know/algae-and-seaweed-protein/)

Shown because an entry answers for it, and the sentence behind it carries its own source.

### regulation

Entries

[Where does algae protein come from, and what can you actually buy?](/what-we-know/algae-and-seaweed-protein/)

Shown because an entry answers for it, and the sentence behind it carries its own source.

## Related

[All the entries →](/what-we-know/) · [Regulation by place →](/what-we-know/regulation/) · [Map →](/what-we-know/map/) · [The directory →](/foods/)