When the desired amount of mycoprotein has been created, the growth medium is drawn off from a tap at the bottom of the fermenter.
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The main mycoprotein on sale in Europe and North America is called aerobically, so for it to grow at an optimum rate, it is supplied with oxygen, and carbon dioxide is drawn from the vat.
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But since most people do not know what mycoprotein is, he said, " we tend to asterisk it, ` mushroom in origin .'We don't actually say this is a mushroom product.
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The strain " Fusarium venenatum A3 / 5 " ( IMI 145425, ATCC PTA-2684 ) was developed commercially by an ICI and Rank Hovis McDougall joint venture to derive a mycoprotein used as a food.
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Certain species have commercial value . " Penicillium " species are used in the manufacture of blue cheeses and as the source of the antibiotic penicillin, discovered by Sir Alexander Fleming in 1928, while fusarium venenatum is used to produce a mycoprotein food product.
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Some meat analogues include mycoprotein-based Quorn ( which usually uses egg white as a binder; only Vegan Burger is suitable for vegans ), and modified defatted peanut flour and Valess ( which is a sort of cheese, made from cow milk and seaweed ).
