Animal-free cheese – level 3
03-02-2025 07:00
Better Dairy, a UK startup, is developing animal-free cheese and yogurt alternatives that aim to be healthier for consumers and better for the environment compared to traditional dairy products.
Their goal is to create products that taste, melt, and stretch like regular cheese without involving cows. The company focuses on using precision fermentation to produce milk proteins, such as casein, that are essential for the texture and flavor of cheese. This process avoids the need for cows, reducing the environmental impact of dairy production. Traditional dairy farming produces methane, a harmful greenhouse gas, and uses large amounts of resources like land and water.
Better Dairy is producing casein and another protein, osteopontin, at a small scale. However, they plan to increase production and are working on gaining regulatory approval in key markets, including the US. They hope to receive approval for casein by 2028 and osteopontin by 2027, which would mark a significant step in sustainable dairy alternatives.
Difficult words: precision (exact or accurate), fermentation (the process of changing food using microorganisms), regulatory (relating to the control of an activity by a set of rules or laws).
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What is the process Better Dairy uses to produce milk proteins essential for the texture and flavor of cheese, and how does it reduce the environmental impact of dairy production?
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