A new version of "vegetable milk" is preparing to fill supermarket shelves. It's called Bettermilk, and it's cow-free milk. It is effectively devoid of animal references, and is generated by the cultivation of mushrooms, from which milk proteins are obtained.
The manufacturing company, the Betterland, discovered how to turn mushroom protein into something very similar to cow's milk whey.
The resulting drink has the same creaminess and the same body as milk, so much so that it does not seem in the least like vegetable milk. Unlike many other products, it is not derived from elements such as rice, oats or nuts, but exclusively from mushrooms. If you're wondering what it tastes like, it might surprise you to find that the taste is very similar to that of conventional milk.
Bettermilk, the unconventional vegetable milk
Lizanna Falsetto, founder and CEO of Betterland, confirmed the taste and functionality of Bettermilk. Once frothed, this new milk will be able to resist without becoming "flat" (as often happens with plant-based milk).
When you pour it into your coffee, you can drink an entire cup of coffee and still have foam at the bottom
Lizanna Falsetto, Betterland
A milk with mushrooms. Yes sir.
All this is possible thanks to the presence of the mushroom protein. Second Perumal Gandhi, co-founder of Perfect Day: “The protein gives it most of its functionality. It binds with water, it binds with air and it does what the milk. "
The company produces its proteins through a process called “precision fermentation“. The fermentation microbes are genetically modified with cow DNA, so they can produce whey protein.
The fermentation process is then activated through the addition of sugar. The final result is none other than Bettermilk, the most revolutionary plant-based milk of recent years. At the moment, two different variants are available: whole milk and extra creamy milk.
The product will make its grand debut at Expo West next month, then appear in supermarkets in the spring. And then all to blossom!
