mycoprotein

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noun

A food product derived from fungus, the basis of Quorn.

Scrabble 20

Meanings

nounmycoprotein (countable and uncountable, plural mycoproteins)

plural mycoproteins

  1. countableuncountableA food product derived from fungus, the basis of Quorn.
    1 more example

    A general concern on microbial protein from a filamentous fungus, generically named mycoprotein, is the possible contamination of mycotoxins produced by the fungus, as known from food spoilage by fungi (Filtenborg et al., 1996) and from production of enzymes and other food ingredients (Blumenthal, 2004; Mapari et al., 2005).

    2007, Jan Dijksterhuis, Robert A. Samson, editors, Food Mycology: A Multifaceted Approach to Fungi and Food, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 353
  2. countableobsoleteuncountablebiologyA gelatinous albuminoid resembling protoplasm, of which the putrefactive bacteria are composed.

Origin

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Chicago

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