Artificial meat burgers, insect potato chips, noodles, liquid bento … As a foodie, if these foods are all on the video in the future, can you accept it?
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“In the future, what will happen to the food in our mouths?” Standing under the signboard of double -fired roast wax on the streets of Hong Kong, the producer of the arrow factory drinks a big cup of pearl milk tea, thinking about one is crucial to foodThe problem.
The meal is approaching, and when I change it, she may go to the tea restaurant to order a clear soup burdock rice.But this time, she was going to open a restaurant in Central to find the future.
Green Common is a green gourd concept restaurant.In this city with the most meat in Asia, the restaurant hopes to use artificial meat to replace traditional meat. The row of display cabinets is filled with chicken nuggets, crab cakes, and gurgling meat -of course, all of them are extracted from plants.
The store also sold a technology food called “Future Burger”, which was launched by the largest artificial meat company “Beyond Meat” in the United States. It was a sensation in Silicon Valley in 2016. Among investors, Bill Gates, Leonardo Di DiCaprich and other celebrities.In the United States, “Future Burger” has now spread thousands of restaurants and retail malls.
“It’s no different from real beef!” After biting it, the producer was convinced of this.It is no different but more healthy and environmentally friendly. Today, when you pay more and more attention to a healthy diet, it is no wonder that “the future burger” will become star products in Europe and the United States.
In order to cater to the taste of Asia, Green Common also launched artificial pork made from mushrooms, soybeans, peas and rice.
The boss Dawei pointed to the pork cake in the fried pan and explained: “This is a signature dish, called” 藕 藕 老 老 “, its iron content is higher than that of real pork.” The noodles were rolled out, and he continued to say that he continued to say”Why is it kind, because it is good for animals, the earth, and to yourself.” “Our food chain must be changed, otherwise so many people will not be raised in the future.”
Dawei’s concerns are very specific and realistic.According to a survey by the World Health Organization, by 2050, the world’s population is expected to reach 9 billion, and 50%of the world’s greenhouse gas comes from animal husbandry.
In addition to transforming plants into ethnic meat, reports from the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), World Bank and other institutions remind us that eating insects are also an important way to deal with the above difficulties.
According to statistics, 1 kg of protein is also produced. The feed required for livestock is 12 times that of insects, and water is 20,000 times that of insects. In the discharge of greenhouse gas, insects are only one percent of livestock.
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“昆虫是一种非常安全的动物蛋白来源，营养和我们吃的鸡羊猪牛是一样的。”相较于生产成本更高，传染病风险也更高的肉类，创始人Matilda认为，昆虫Obviously a more ideal food source.
“Why don’t we try this safer, and then the nutritional value is as high as the source of protein that causes any pollution to the environment?” Matilda asked.
This question is actually not difficult to answer.Almost all parts of the world have the habit of eating insects, but for many people, refusing to eat insects is more out of psychological obstacles.
When people do not see the specific form of insects, they will not reject it to a large extent.In some European and American countries, insect foods have long been put on supermarket shelves.In the movie “Snow Country Train”, the energy blocks that people depend on survival are also made of insect processing.
Massimo, who is regarded as a delicious face, said, said, “50 years ago, people did not dare to eat lobster, in my opinion,” he believes that after 3 or 4 years, people can accept it.After eating bugs, Volkswagen’s eating habits are easily changed in contemporary society.
Under the premise of ensuring taste and nutrition, it does not seem difficult to increase the acceptance of artificial meat and insect foods.The liquid bento “Ruofan”, this food that is closer to science fiction films is a real challenge for the public.
The producer had only a little bit of rice, and twisted the bottle cap with a smile.As a foodie, she felt that Ruofan’s taste was “a bit like a instant noodle just added water.” However, Ruofan founder Shao Wei didn’t care about this.
“The satisfaction of eating a meal does not necessarily originate from taste buds, or it can be a self -discipline of a monk.” Shao Wei believes that the ideal habits of human ideals should be efficient and quantified.In his imagination, in the era of food 3.0 in the future, eating will no longer provide additional functions such as social and taste buds. The original form of food will also disappear. In the end, it is only presented to humans in the form of nutrition.
Shao Wei’s imagination is bold, but it is not impossible.Artificial meat, insect potato chips, liquid bento ….. These are the future that we can taste immediately, which represents a certain trend, and it is also an important cross -section of our different possibilities in the future.
On the pursuit of delicious, nutritious, environmentally friendly, and efficient dining tables, human beings still have more desires and emotions to be satisfied. How to hold the heat between the two may be that before the next step, each of us mustFacing the choice.
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