“Microbially derived food products let consumers eat meat, fish, cheese, eggs and milk that tasted just like the real thing”
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The food revolution burst into the open in the early 2030s. Microbial processes were developed that allowed us to brew all the proteins we needed for our food without using animals, on a tiny fraction of the land, for less money. Such a disruptive technology hadn’t been seen since the industrial revolution.
The dairy industry was the first to collapse. Milk is mostly water, sugar and a bit of fat. Two kinds of proteins, casein and whey, make up…
