The Ministry of Industry and Trade said whether the sale of artificial meat will be allowed in Russia

- Name the most interesting alternative products that have appeared on the shelves over the past year. Are they in demand? How much more expensive do they cost than regular products? Mikhail Yurin: The most popular and fastest-growing category is plant-based meat products. We already have cutlets, sausages, nuggets, etc. The taste is indistinguishable from ordinary animal meat. And the prices for it, although still higher than for traditional meat, are declining and have already come close to it. Protein bars with various functional additives, vitamins and amino acids are common. We have such an interesting and healthy product as whey soda. On the one hand, whey, which is a by-product of cheese production, has its uses. On the other hand, the product itself turned out to be useful. At the latest Innofood exhibition, for example, an innovative development by our biotechnologists was presented - functional food casings for meat products based on alginate and collagen gels. We ...