Scientists find way to make a healthier and ‘oozier’ version of vegan cheese
www.independent.co.uk
The team achieved the feat using a process called oleogelation

Vegan cheese made from home-grown vegetable oils is healthier, greener and more “oozy”, scientists have found.

The cheese substitute is typically made from a combination of starch and solid fats like coconut or palm oil.

The fats give it the “sliceable, meltable” texture people expect from cheese – but also mean vegan cheese often ends up with a high saturated fat content.

Now a team at Heriot-Watt University (HWU) has developed a way of making vegan cheese slices from vegetable oils like rapeseed and sunflower, rather than the coconut and palm oil.

The work is as part of efforts to make the product healthier and more sustainable.

  • umbra@slrpnk.netEnglish
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    5 days ago

    I will once again and ask you the question you asked:

    Wouldn’t you agree that endeavoring to do less harm […] is better than nothing?

    Your comment is arguing against itself by suggesting insects are not worth the same level of endeavorment to no harm as other animals.

    This goes back to the definition of veganism i shared, where it’s a way of life to exclude animal exploitation, cruelty, and death, as much as possible. I can’t prevent killing every insect, but i can go out of my way to not kill them. I can let my yard grow wild, i can plant plants that create a vibrant ecosystem for various insects. I can let a jumping spider live on my desk and visit me during lunch because it’s not bothering me. This is not an exhaustive list.

    Ive already excluded animal meat from my diet, why would i introduce animal exploitation so i can eat lab grown animal meat?

    You seem to be thinking on a global scale when you poise your question. I’m not. I’m thinking about me as an individual and my own way of life.

    So why do you, specifically, need to consume meat so badly that this need must have at least some level of animal exploitation if not cruelty and death as well? And if you don’t already, are you willing to eat only lab grown meat going forward? If not, why not?

    These can be rhetorical questions, mostly because i don’t come to vegan communities to debate or convert non-vegans so I’m unlikely to respond again. But if you’re being genuine in reducing harm then giving some thought to those questions i think will help you better live your beliefs.