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Food
2019
Serving Up Science

Burger Brawl: Plant Protein Vs Meat

Serving Up Science is hosted by history buff, science writer and foodie Sheril Kirshenbaum, who will give you science-backed tips to make your favorite foods even better. Farmed or Wild? Why does cheese stink? Why should meat rest? Explore these questions and more.

Burger Brawl: Plant Protein Vs Meat

Collection 2 Episode 205 | 10m 39s | CC

Culinary experts, biologists and biotech innovators have done the impossible; by tinkering with ingredients and the genetics of plants they’ve created an alternative meat, relatively indistinguishable from beef. But we’re testing the taste with a panel of protein loving athletes to find out if it plant based burgers could pass as the real deal.

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