An EUobserver magazine exploring the transition to a more climate-friendly diet.
ALT-PROTEIN The race for
ALT-PROTEIN The race for single-cell proteins during the Cold War involved both the USSR and the CIA Source: iStockphoto Mycelium food and EU regulation In the 1960s, among fears of the so-called ‘protein gap’ – the idea that a growing global population would need an unsustainable amount of protein production to avoid malnutrition – researchers at British Petroleum made a remarkable discovery. By ALEJANDRO TAUBER
