What we know · Food categories
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
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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 is cultivated meat, and where can anyone actually buy it?
What is mycoprotein, and is it a fungus or a fermentation?
How is precision-fermented protein actually made, and where is it approved?
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?
- In the directory
- Listings in this category →
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?
- In the directory
- Listings in this category →
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?
- In the directory
- Listings in this category →
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?
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?
- In the directory
- Listings in this category →
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?
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?
Shown because an entry answers for it, and the sentence behind it carries its own source.