by bilbord99
My title is a bit
deceptive. Perhaps it should read "A humane alternative to eggs," but
tell me, how many people would
want to read something with a title like that?
Still, I hope
that anyone who loves eggs, but despises the cruel suffering of our caged chickens, will at least want to read about a very compassionate and
enterprising young man named
Josh Tetrick. As Hampton Creek's CEO, he aims to revolutionize the food industry
with a plant-based egg alternative.
Bill Gates, in his
endorsement of a vegan lifestyle to save the world, believes that it is the only way we can feed the millions and millions of people who face
starvation daily. We need
to use our grain and water resources to feed them instead of the animals we raise for
food. And he mentioned even
eating faux meat and eggs to help do this.
I had already heard
about the first meatless hamburger that tastes and looks like a real hamburger, but I was surprised when he mentioned faux eggs. So, I
was delighted to learn more
about them in "allanimals", a bi-monthly magazine put out
by the Humane Society of the
US.
We already have an
"Egg Replacer" product we can use anywhere calling for a binder, but it can't be used to
make a scrambled egg dish or a
quiche. Nor will this new product yet do this, but Tetrick says that in the future he hopes to develop a liquid product that could be
used to make scrambled eggs.
For now we hope that
his product--a pale green powder called Beyond Eggs--will lead to the eventual elimination of the cruel battery cages where our chickens are
forced to "live" miserable lives day in and day out.
His product gets
its green color from a variety of pea, which the company's scientists and chefs identified after testing 287
plants. It also contains
sunflower and canola oil and other natural ingredients. It can be used to replace eggs in baked
goods like cookies or in sauces
like mayonnaise.
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