Until now, the fake-meat company’s products have only been available in restaurants
, said in a statement that, should no objections be raised, raw “ground beef analogue products” containing soy leghemoglobin as a color additive can be sold directly to consumers starting September 4.
Heme, an iron-containing compound, is what lends Impossible its aroma, taste, texture, and “bleed.” The FDA previously expressed reservations about Impossible’s lab-grown version of the ingredient, created using genetically engineered yeast. As , “the FDA has refused to declare the substance as safe, noting that soy leghemoglobin hasn’t previously been consumed by humans and saying that the company has not done sufficient testing to determine whether the ingredient could be an allergen.”
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