
After isolating those proteins in the lab, Ikeda’s team then combined them with a reaction enhancer and put them in an exploder.
What eventually came out was no filet mignon, but it was edible.
What eventually came out was no filet mignon, but it was edible.
“Theoretically, there’s nothing wrong with this,” said Douglas Powell, a professor of food safety at Kansas State University. “It could be quite safe to eat, but I’m sure there’s a yuck factor there.”
To make swallowing the stool steaks a little bit easier, a nutty flavor was added using soy protein, and red food coloring was mixed in too, apparently to make the concoction look more like a juicy, bloody steak. A few brave researchers even took the plunge and taste-tested the product. (Apparently it tastes like regular beef.)
Source:Banoosh
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