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[-] janus2@lemmy.zip 10 points 3 weeks ago

The foodtech will use yeast as hosts to initially produce casein and whey protein, two of the main proteins found in milk.

Bioreacted casein would be a HUGE leap for cow-free dairy. I remember when Perfect Day started up they were having too much trouble producing casein, so their products couldn't be used to make stringy or melty cheese.

As a former cheese addict who developed severe lactose intolerance, I'll just be waiting here for the synthetic cheese. (Please. I miss pain-free cheese so much 😭)

[-] Botzo@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

My wife has an anaphylactic allergy to whey. I guess we'll now be waiting for the day she has a reaction to "vegan" milk.

[-] janus2@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 weeks ago

😬 now that's a rough time. Perfect Day does disclaim milk allergenic on their website but I have no idea if they require their clients to include that on their consumer product packaging.

[-] OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

If it takes off it might still make it harder to find a decent dairy alternative for people with this kind of allergy.

[-] janus2@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 weeks ago

this is why at the end of the day I hope we invent Star Trek replicators

and allergy cures

[-] brb@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago

Why not eat lactose free cheese?

[-] j4yt33@feddit.org 4 points 3 weeks ago

I remember hearing about this during a lecture at uni, almost 10 years ago. I hope it will actually be available at some point

[-] Sludgehammer@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I've tried two varieties of biotech milk, both had a mouthfeel almost identical to normal milk. Unfortunately, both of the varieties I've tried have used sunflower seed oil for the fat and that gives the end product a noticeable raw sunflower seed flavor/bitterness which isn't very pleasant.

[-] janus2@lemmy.zip 0 points 3 weeks ago

Surprising (and frustrating) that they didn't use a properly deodorized grade of oil. Do you mind sharing which products you tried? I'm curious

[-] Sludgehammer@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

I don't recall the first one (I tried it sometime late last year) but the more recent one was from Tomorrow farms. Now that I think about it, I suppose there's a possibility they both were from the same company with different branding.

The good news is that the bitter sunflower flavor can be drowned out pretty handily using chocolate syrup (and as I mentioned it's texture is spot on), so despite my dissatisfaction with the milk on it's own, it makes a great chocolate milk.

[-] Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 points 3 weeks ago

Next stop: synthetic cheese!

[-] Kowowow@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago

This would be cool now I just need some good no animal version of a fat cap and gristle

[-] cyd@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Fermentation-made milk substitute was available at supermarkets in Singapore (under the brand name Very Dairy, though the original product was from the startup Perfect Day). I really liked it---a lot nicer than oat milk for drinking straight up. Unfortunately it went off the shelves after a while, seems like demand wasn't high :-(

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