'The Impossible Foods of seafood': Plantish unveils whole cut, plant-based salmon prototype

Out of stealth mode, Israeli startup Plantish has unveiled a whole-cut, fully-structured, boneless plant-based salmon prototype that it says rivals the taste, nutrition, and complex texture of conventional salmon.

"Salmon is the most popular fish, and it’s a good place to start because people, especially in the US market, have a desire for it," Plantish co-founder and CEO Ofek Ron, PhD, told FoodNavigator-USA. "It’s also a fish with a very good chance for extinction," he said. US per capita seafood consumption hit 19.2 lbs per person in 2019, a slight increase from 19.0 lbs in 2018, according to a report released by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) in May 2021. Atlantic salmon was the leading species for marine aquaculture, with an estimated 36.4 million pounds produced, valued a

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