What’s on the Plate?
What is the most common plant-based alternative to cow’s milk?
What is almond milk?
What is the main macromolecule provided by alternative proteins?
What is protein?
This meat alternative has been used in Buddhist vegetarian cuisine for centuries.
What is tofu?
This term refers to the environmental impact of an entity; the trace one leaves in the environment
What is the carbon footprint?
The first lab-grown meat was created in 2000 using muscle tissue from this aquatic animal.
What is goldfish?
This soy-based product, often used as a meat substitute, originated in East Asia.
What is tofu?
This process uses microbes to create protein from sugars or gases.
What is fermentation?
Name the country where tempeh, a fermented soy product, originated.
What is Indonesia?
This greenhouse gas, emitted by cows, is a major contributor to climate change
What is the methane?
This fruit is often referred to as "vegan pulled pork" due to its stringy texture when cooked.
What is jackfruit?
This high-protein fungus-based alternative is made from fermented fungi.
What is mycoprotein (or Quorn)?
Name the iron-rich compound used in Impossible Burgers to mimic meat flavor.
What is heme? (a yeast genetically engineered with the gene for soy leghemoglobin, which is derived from soy plants)
This modern plant-based meat company launched its first burger in 2016.
What is Beyond Meat?
What is the primary environmental benefit of plant-based proteins compared to animal proteins?
What is reduced greenhouse gas emissions?
UCI's school mascot
What is Peter the Anteater?
This vegan protein is made by isolating protein from wheat gluten and has a chewy texture.
What is seitan?
This cutting-edge technique grows real animal cells to create lab-grown meat.
What is cellular agriculture (or cultivated meat)?
This was the first country to approve cultivated meat for sale to the public.
What is Singapore?
Producing the amount of protein from beef requires this many times more resources, such as land and water, compared to plant-based proteins.
What is 20x?
This process can turn agricultural byproducts like straw or corn husks into edible protein.
What is biomass fermentation?
The egg alternative made from mung beans, often used for scrambles.
What is JUST Egg?
Name one of the gases that precision fermentation microbes can turn into protein.
What is carbon dioxide?
The first cultivated meat burger was unveiled in this year.
What is 2013?
Scientists are researching this moonshot idea to produce protein directly from sunlight, CO2, and water.
What is solar protein?
This term describes the process by which cells are genetically modified to divide indefinitely, making them useful for cultivated meat production.
What is cell line immortalization?