Reinventing meat from Fungi and Mycelium - Libre Foods
Nov 27, 2023
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Alan Ivan Ramos, CEO and founder of Libre Foods, discusses their mission to create nutritious and tasty meat alternatives from Fungi. They have a bacon product on the market and will be launching a Chicken product next year. The podcast explores the potential of fungi as a sustainable food source, challenges stigmas and misconceptions about mushrooms, and discusses the nutritional value and sensory experience of mushrooms as an alternative protein. Ramos emphasizes their strengths in R&D, agile development, and product delivery, as well as their focus on cracking the price element and scaling up to win over consumers.
Libra Foods is using fungi to create low-cost, nutritious meat alternatives like bacon and chicken.
The use of fungi as an ingredient offers high fiber content, low fat, and a taste reminiscent of meat, making it a promising solution for future food products.
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Libra Foods: Reinventing Food from Fungi
Libra Foods, based in Barcelona, is a B2B whole solution provider of tech-enabled fungi-based food applications. They harness the potential of fungi to bring low-cost, nutritious, and highly functional food solutions to the market. Their first product, fungi-based bacon, has been well-received, and they are soon launching a mycelium-based chicken breast. The use of fungi as an ingredient offers high fiber content, low fat, and a taste reminiscent of meat, making it a promising solution for future food products.
The Potential of Fungi and Increased Awareness
Fungi is gaining popularity as people become more aware of its potential. Mainstream media, along with social media influencers and documentaries like Fantastic Fungi, have contributed to its increased recognition. However, there is still an education gap regarding the versatility and applicability of fungi, and Libra Foods aims to change this perception by showcasing the nutritional benefits, taste, and sustainability aspects of fungi-based food products.
Fungi as an Alternative to Meat
Fungi has the potential to replace meat due to its ability to replicate important aspects like texture, taste, and nutrition. Libra Foods is focused on leveraging the capabilities of fungi to address the limitations of traditional meat production, such as environmental impact and resource depletion. By tapping into the entire fungi organism, including fruiting bodies and mycelium, they strive to develop high-performing strains that can offer clean, nutritious, and cost-effective alternatives to meat-based products.
Alex talks to Alan Ivan Ramos, CEO and founder of Libre Foods, based in Barcelona. They utilise biomass fermentation to make meat altrnatives from Fungi and currently have a bacon product on the market. They will be launching a Chicken product next year.
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