Quorn

[Hamtastic]

Quorn might sound gross in dissection, but then so does the process of beer fermentation, or bacterial cultures in yogurt, or yeast needed to make bread rise. I'd say it's a matter of being used to something and accepting it as a fact vs. something novel and strange. The important part is whether Quorn's bad for consumption for adverse health effects in humans, which is probably very uncommon. We've had it lots of times without any issues. As for giving it to hamsters, I have no idea =/

[Sammybingo]

I'm going to hazard a guess at no. If I eat too much Quorn (and I frequently do, I love it!) I get a very upset tummy and I think this is quite a common thing. I know their digestion works differently to ours but I wouldn't give him anything that makes my tummy angry. Although.. the other day I let him lick my spoon after I had some frozen yoghurt. But he seems to have a cast iron tummy tbh! Greedy fatty

[kymberley]

Ingredients in Quorn Products

Beef-Style Recipe Grounds
Ingredients: Mycoprotein*, rehydrated egg white, malt extract.
*Mushroom in origin, 88% of product.

Chicken-Style Patties
Ingredients: Mycoprotein*, rehydrated egg white, enriched wheat flour (niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), onion, rapeseed oil. Contains 2% or less of salt, dextrose, wheat gluten, autolyzed yeast extract, leavening (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate) whey protein concentrate, tapioca starch, rice flour, mustard flour, pectin, natural flavors from non-meat sources, spices, garlic powder, sunflower oil, citric acid, spice extractives, guar gum, onion powder, gum arabic, yeast, paprika, dough conditioner (ascorbic acid, L-cysteine monohydrocloride, soybean oil.
*Mushroom in origin, 48% of product.

Chicken-Style Nuggets
Ingredients: Mycoprotein*, rehydrated egg white, wheat flour, onion, rapeseed oil, wheat starch. Contains 2% or less of wheat gluten, salt, rice flour, dextrose, yeast, autolyzed yeast extract, whey protein concentrate, tapioca starch, pectin, natural flavors from non-meat sources, ascorbic acid, garlic powder, pepper, citric acid, onion powder, gum arabic.
*Mushroom in origin, 40% of product.

Chicken-Style Recipe Tenders
Ingredients: Mycoprotein*, rehydrated egg white, dextrose, autolyzed yeast extract, salt, natural flavors from non-meat sources, citric acid, gum arabic, onion powder, garlic powder.
*Mushroom in origin, 87% of product.

Fettuccine Alfredo with Chicken-Style Tenders & Broccoli
Ingredients: Sauce (water, heavy whipping cream, Romano cheese (part skim milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), butter, Parmesan cheese (part skim milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes) rice flour, half and half (milk, cream), cream cheese (cultured milk and cream, salt), stabilizers (guar gum, locust bean gum, carrageenan, enzymes) sherry wine (sherry wine, salt), sugar, olive oil, salt, garlic juice (garlic juice, salt), spice and paprika), cooked fettuccine pasta (semolina, niacin, ferrous sulphate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin and folic acid), Quorn Tenders (mycoprotein*, rehydrated egg white, dextrose, autolyzed yeast extract, salt, natural flavors from non-meat sources, citric acid, gum arabic, onion powder, garlic powder) broccoli florets.
*Mushroom in origin, 11% of product.

Garlic & Herb Chicken-Style Cutlets
Ingredients: Mycoprotein*, rehydrated egg white, onion, wheat flour, rapeseed oil, wheat starch. Contains 2% or less of salt, garlic powder, dextrose, autolyzed yeast extract, whey protein concentrate, tapioca starch, mustard flour, yeast, parsley, pectin, natural flavors from non-meat sources, pepper extract, ascorbic acid, citric acid, onion powder, gum arabic.
*Mushroom in origin, 46% of product.

Lasagna
Ingredients: Sauce (water, tomato puree (tomatoes, citric acid), olive oil, sugar, flour, salt, onion, garlic, and spices), cooked lasagna noodles (semolina, niacin, ferrous sulphate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin and folic acid) dry curd cottage cheese (cultured skim milk and enzymes), Quorn Grounds (mycoprotein*, rehydrated egg white, malt extract), low moisture part skim mozzarella cheese (pasteurized part skim milk, cheese culture, salt and enzymes), Parmesan cheese (part skim milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes).
*Mushroom in origin, 7% of product

[Faerydae]

just wanted to say after loving quorn for many years, after my OH told me it's basically mold I can't eat it anymore, he told me while I was eating a "lamb" style steak and straight away it actually just started to taste like mold to me o_O

[samincittagazze]

Mushrooms, cheese, cream and much more is basically mould too. It's just about how you view things.

[Sammybingo]

Bread and beer and wine are made with yeasts, and guess what they are . We use lots of microbial products to make our food, in fact, all the best food! I have no problem with it. In the grand scheme of things, I think there are many more moulds and stuff that are useful (and tasty) to us opposed to bad for us.