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Just wondering what the consensus would be. Is it good and fine (if you like the taste, of course) because it is truly 100% vegan? Or would y'all consider it a horrifying simulacrum of a product of cruelty towards animals?

I am asking because I'm a vegan chef and I was excited to find out that they're making animal-free "dairy" milk through bacterial/fungal fermentation, because plant based "milks" don't really work the same as cow milk does. And theoretically if it has the right proteins/fats it could be used to make vegan cheese that has the actual properties of cheese? So like I think it's very exciting personally. But I'd like to know what others think before I suggest we try to order some, since it'd be a waste if nobody actually wanted to eat anything made with it.

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[-] MoreLikeHazBeen@hexbear.net 6 points 1 month ago

Yes, I would try that. Adding nutrients to plant based milk doesn't make it a simulacrum, imo.

[-] AmericaDelendaEst@hexbear.net 10 points 1 month ago

no no no it's dairy milk, like, actual whey protein, but I guess they use fungi to ferment it from sugar or something like that idk

feels wrong to call it plant based, but that's just my opinion I guess

[-] MoreLikeHazBeen@hexbear.net 1 points 1 month ago

ah. well I guess I'd have to know where they get the whey from

[-] AmericaDelendaEst@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago

the whey comes from sugars being fermented by genetically modified organisms

[-] MoreLikeHazBeen@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago

Sorry I'm realizing you already said that and I can't read.

I get what you mean about it not being plant based but I also wouldn't say it has anything to do with animals either

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