Proteins of Tomorrow? Soy, Peas, Crickets, and Mealworms ( Oh Joy! or should I say Oh Jiminy!)

[Geee]

Economy.com

Xconomy San Francisco — 

More than half of the protein in the American diet comes from meat. So where do the animals we dine upon get their protein? Mostly, they make it from corn and grasses—but they’re not very good at it. A cow needs 20,000 kilocalories of corn to make just 2,000 kilocalories of beef. It would short-circuit this inefficient cycle—and vastly reduce water usage and greenhouse gas emissions—if we simply decided to get more of our protein directly from plant and insect sources.

So say a growing number of food entrepreneurs working to bring alternative sources of protein to your local supermarket. At a gathering last week in San Francisco’s startup-soaked South of Market district, participants could sample a range of high-protein foods made from plants and insects, including mealworm brittle from Tiny Farms, cricket-flour protein bars from Exo, and chocolate-chip cookies made using a plant-based egg substitute from Hampton Creek Foods. (They were all delicious.)

After the tasting session, the founders of all three companies took part in a panel discussion moderated by Xconomy. We recorded the event, and you can watch the full video below.

The entrepreneurs on the panel were joined by representatives of two Bay Area venture firms—Founders Fund and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers—that are actively investing in alternative-protein companies. Founders Fund is one of Hampton Creek’s backers, and Kleiner Perkins has invested in Beyond Meat, maker of a meat substitute made mostly from soybeans, peas, and carrot fiber.

[Valin]

All I can say is When

 

 

[Valin]

@Geee

 

I give you my share of cricket-flour protein bars from Exo, and chocolate-chip cookies made using a plant-based egg substitute.

[Geee]

2 hours ago, Valin said:

All I can say is When

 

 

Well, if the price of gas is high on purpose - how about the price of meat. Is the threat of food shortages on purpose??? Some other of the crazy tin foil conspiracies came to fruition. Is eating bugs our future?

[Valin]

2 hours ago, Geee said:

Well, if the price of gas is high on purpose - how about the price of meat. Is the threat of food shortages on purpose??? Some other of the crazy tin foil conspiracies came to fruition. Is eating bugs our future?

Not too many years ago I would be asking you if you used Tin or Aluminum foil? Today...Different story.

[Geee]

It Begins: TMZ Promotes Cricket Protein Powder

The globalists and the left-wing media will not stop convincing people to eat bugs.

“If you’re sick of that post-protein-shake bloat or tired of heavy powders and supplements that leave you feeling overly full and sluggish, try this out instead!” This is the very first line that you come across on TMZ’s website in their advertisement for a protein powder alternative made from crickets.