Synthetic prawns, the coming trend ?

Anchor Moy · Post by **Anchor Moy** » Sat Aug 27, 2016 5:41 pm

After synthetic meat, the latest food invention is synthetic prawns/shrimps.
I'm sure this is very good for the planet, but I think I'd rather just stop eating them. As it is, I never eat them in PP anymore, but eat them all the time in SV. Shrimp with Green Kampot pepper. Yum.

How do you describe the taste and texture of a prawn? Sort of rubbery; elastic, even. Like chicken, only better. These unappetising phrases hardly capture what makes it so good—the precise reason why prawns (called shrimp in the United States) are one of the most consumed seafoods globally. But now biotech startup New Wave Foods is on a mission to mimic the exact texture and taste of a prawn, in a product made entirely out of algae and plant ingredients.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment ... avery-free

frank lee bent · Post by **frank lee bent** » Sat Aug 27, 2016 5:48 pm

yeah the ones in PP often treated with borax which is not very nice after you eat it

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Thu Oct 06, 2016 8:25 pm

Vietnamese shrimp/prawns are being injected to increase their size and weight:

The footage, which was shot by a Vietnamese TV station earlier this year, is now going viral on social media with many Facebook users outraged.
Workers were filmed injected the tiger prawns with a substance known as carboxymethyl cellulose or CMC.

The substance, which is not considered harmful, dissolves in water and becomes a smooth liquid before being pumped into the prawns.
While carboxymethyl cellulose is often used in food as a thickener for icing, many have labelled the Vietnamese workers as 'shameless' and dishonest for trying to plump up the prawns.

Greenpeace "Dodgy Prawns" report for the Australian market:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... paign=1490