Milk free of lactose, cholesterol approved in Canada

Lab grown meat became a hot topic of debate in the past couple years, and plant-based food companies seem to be on an upward trend in popularity. The idea was to remove the environmental impact and animal suffering from the equation, while still enjoying the taste of meat. Cultivated foods have been around for hundreds of years, but lab scientists are taking this idea to the next level. Health Canada has recently approved an innovation in dairy production that takes the cow out of the milk. According to Health Canada: "In 2022, Health Canada received a submission to allow the sale of β-lactoglobulin protein produced from a novel yeast strain, Komagataella phaffii yRMK-66. This protein is the same as β-lactoglobulin in whey protein from cow's milk." The company, called Remilk, was co-founded by Aviv Wolff and in February 2023. It received a No Questions Letter from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Singapore Food Agency, and Canada was given the greenlight. "It was ...